Stephen Owen

Who is Stephen Owen?

Stephen Owen, is an American sinologist specializing in Chinese literature, particularly Tang dynasty poetry and comparative poetics. He teaches East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University and is James Bryant Conant University Professor, one of only 24 University Professorships.

Owen graduated from Yale University, 1968 in Chinese Language and Literature and took his Ph.D. Yale University, 1972, under David R. Knechtges. He taught at Yale from 1972 to 1982, when he went to Harvard. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and held a Guggenheim Fellowship, among many other awards and honors.