Grace Jung

Grace Jung (정현주, born 1987) is a Korean American stand-up comedian, writer, translator and filmmaker.[1] She is the author of the novel Deli Ideology, about a college graduate working in a delicatessen during the recession.[2][3][4]

In 2016, her translation of 벌레 이야기 by Yi Chong-jun was published in Two Stories from Korea: "The Wounded" and "The Abject".[5]

Jung has also translated a collection of select short stories by Kim Tongin which was published by Honford Star in 2017 entitled Sweet Potato.[6]

Biography

Jung was born in Busan, South Korea, and immigrated to Brooklyn, New York in 1992. She earned her B.A. in English Literature at Pace University. She has a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA. She is a former Fulbright Scholar.[7]

Awards

References
  1. "A-Town Boyz Movie | CREW". atownboyzmovie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. "Grace Jung's debut novel "Deli Ideology" explores Korean American identity & history". Reappropriate. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. Marshall, Colin. "Colin Marshall interviews Grace Jung". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. Rostad, Rachel (17 June 2014). "Books: Grace Jung's Deli Ideology". Hyphen. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. Cheong-Jun, Yi (2016). Lee, Jennifer; Jung, Grace (eds.). Two Stories from Korea: "The Wounded" and "The Abject". ISBN 978-1-937385-83-5.
  6. "Sweet Potato".
  7. "Terry's Stories". Cortland Review.
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