Chŏng, Yŏng-mun, 1965-

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Name (Latin)
Chŏng, Yŏng-mun, 1965-
Other forms of name
Jung, Young-moon, 1965-
정영문, 1965-
鄭泳文, 1965-
Date of birth
1965-09-28
Place of birth
Hamyang-gun (Korea)
Associated country
Korea (South)
Field of activity
English language--Translating into Korean
Associate group
Sŏul Taehakkyo
Iowa State University
University of California, Berkeley
Occupation
Authors
Novelists
Teachers
Translators
Associated Language
koreng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 61470424
Wikidata: Q6312688
Library of congress: nr2001000742
Sources of Information
  • Pʻitki ŏmnŭn tokpaek, 2000:t.p. (Chŏng Yŏng-mun) front flap (b. 1965 in Kyŏngnam Hamyang; grad., Sŏultae Simni Hakkwa)
  • A Most Ambiguous Sunday, and Other Stories, 2013:ECIP t.p. (Jung Young-moon) data view (Novelist, short-story writer, translator, playwright, and teacher, Jung Young-moon was born in Hamyang, South Korea, in 1965. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in psychology. He made his literary debut in 1996 when his novel A Man Who Barely Exists. He has also translated more than forty English books into Korean)
  • Amazon.com website, viewed Jan. 13, 2017:(Jung Young Moon was born in Hamyang, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea in 1965. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in psychology. He made his literary début in 1996 with the novel A Man Who Barely Exists. Jung is also an accomplished translator who has translated more than forty books from English into Korean, including works by John Fowles, Raymond Carver, and Germaine Greer. In 1999 he won the 12th Dongseo Literary Award with his collection of short stories, A Chain of Dark Tales. In 2005 Jung was invited to participate in the University of Iowa's International Writing Program, and in 2010 the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Korean Study invited him to participate in a three-month-long residency program. in 2012, he won the Han Moo-suk Literary Award, the Dong-in Literary Award, and the Daesan Literary Award for his novel A Contrived World, which is forthcoming from Dalkey Archive, who also published his short story collection A Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other Stories in 2014)
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Wikipedia description:

Jung Young-moon (Korean: 정영문; born 1965) is a South Korean writer.

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