Tao Lin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tao Lin
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jul 2, 1983(1983-07-02)
Age	41
Birthplace	Alexandria
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Cancer

Tao Lin Biography

Tao Lin is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on July 2, 1983 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Contemporary American writer He is famous for novels like Taipei; Richard Yates; and Shoplifting from American Apparel. The writer also wrote a biweekly column in Vice magazine.

He has been called He has been compared to Bret Easton Ellis..

In November 2006 Lin’s first book, a poetry collection titled you are a little bit happier than i am, was published. It was the winner of Action Books’ December Prize and has been a small-press bestseller.

In May 2007 Lin’s first novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee, and first story collection, Bed, were published simultaneously. Of the stories, Jennifer Bassett, writing in KGB Lit Journal, said: “In structure and tone, they have the feel of early Lorrie Moore and Deborah Eisenberg. Like Moore’s characters, there are a lot of plays on language and within each story, a return to the same images or ideas — or jokes. And like Moore, most of these characters live in New York, are unemployed or recently employed, and are originally from somewhere more provincial (Florida in Lin’s case, Wisconsin in Moore’s). However, Lin knows to dig a little deeper into his characters—something we see in Moore’s later stories, but less so in her early ones.”

The family was from Alexandria, Virginia to Taiwanese parents. He briefly got engaged with Megan Boyle.

Tao Lin Net Worth

Tao Lin is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tao Lin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The graduate graduated in New York University in 2005 with an education in journalism. He released his first poetry collection, you’re more content than I am in the year 2006.

He established a literary journal named Muumuu House.

Lin was born to Taiwanese parents and grew up in Orlando, Florida. He graduated from New York University in 2005 with a B.A. in journalism. He has lectured on his writing and art at Vassar College, Kansas City Art Institute, Columbia College, UNC Chapel Hill, and other universities and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art and the New Museum. In 2012 and in 2015 he taught a graduate course at Sarah Lawrence College called “The Contemporary Short Story.” Lin lives in New York City.

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Who is Tao Lin Dating?

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In September 2009 Lin’s novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel, was published to mixed reviews. The Guardian said, “Trancelike and often hilarious… Lin’s writing is reminiscent of early Douglas Coupland, or early Bret Easton Ellis, but there is also something going on here that is more profoundly peculiar, even Beckettian.” The Village Voice called it a “fragile, elusive book.” Bookslut said, “it shares an affected childishness with bands like The Moldy Peaches and it has a put-on weirdness reminiscent of Miranda July’s No One Belongs Here More Than You.” Time Out New York said, “Writing about being an artist makes most contemporary artists self-conscious, squeamish and arch. Lin, however, appears to be comfortable, even earnest, when his characters try to describe their aspirations (or their shortcomings) […] purposefully raw.” San Francisco Chronicle said, “Tao Lin’s sly, forlorn, deadpan humor jumps off the page […] will delight fans of everyone from Mark Twain to Michelle Tea.” Los Angeles Times said, “Camus’ The Stranger or sociopath?” while Austin Chronicle called it “scathingly funny” and said that “it might just be the future of literature.” Another reviewer described it as “a vehicle…for self-promotion.”

Facts & Trivia

Tao Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tao Lin celebrates birthday on July 2 of every year.

Published September 7, 2010, by Melville House, Richard Yates is Lin’s second novel.

Why is Tao Lin Cancelled?

Novelist Tao Lin has been accused of statutory rape, emotional abuse and plagiarism by his ex-partner ER Kennedy (formerly known as Ellen), Jezebel reports. Lin has refuted the allegations, saying that the pair were in a “relationship that had problems”.

Who was Tao Lin married to?

Tao Lin
Spouse| Megan Boyle ​ ​ ( m. 2010; sep. 2011)​
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese| 林韜
Simplified Chinese| 林韬

What did Tao Lin do?

It’s worth saying that, in 2014, Tao Lin was accused of emotional abuse and statutory rape by the poet E. R. Kennedy. During their relationship, Lin was twenty-two; Kennedy, whose poetry Lin published through his small press, was sixteen—the age of consent in Pennsylvania, where the two had sex.

Who wrote Taipei?

Tao Lin

What is self fiction?

Autofiction combines two mutually inconsistent narrative forms, namely autobiography and fiction. An author may decide to recount their life in the third person, to modify significant details and characters, using fictive subplots and imagined scenarios with real life characters in the service of a search for self.