Lit in Translation

Hwang Jungeun

황정은

Born 1976 · South Korea

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Yi Sang 2016 · Excellence prize

    누구도 가본 적 없는

    Nugudo gabon jeok eomneun

    Title translated by AI:“Where No One Has Gone”

    Hwang Jungeun · 39 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:A couple who have lost a child travel to Warsaw just as the financial crisis breaks at home, and in the strange city discover how deep their wound still runs.

  • In English

    Daesan 2015 · Winner

    I'll Go On

    계속해보겠습니다 · Gyesokaebogetseumnida

    Hwang Jungeun · 38 when first published

    Novel · Family

    AI-generated summary:Two sisters, Sora and Nana, grow up wary of love beside a mother who fell apart when their father died in an accident at work. When Nana becomes pregnant, the cold, orderly life the sisters have built begins to give way.

  • No English yet

    Yi Sang 2011 · Excellence prize

    묘씨생

    Myossisaeng

    Hwang Jungeun · 34 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:A stray cat that has died five times and come back five times, almost always at human hands, tells the story of its life.