Lit in Translation

Jeong Ji-a

정지아

Born 1965 · South Korea

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Yi Sang 2018 · Excellence prize

    존재의 증명

    Jonjaeui jeungmyeong

    Title translated by AI:“Proof of Existence”

    Jeong Ji-a · 52 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:An amnesiac who loves coffee for the way it calls a person back to themselves tries to work out who they are and where they came from.

  • No English yet

    Yi Sang 2011 · Excellence prize

    목욕 가는 날

    Mogyok ganeun nal

    Title translated by AI:“Bath Day”

    Jeong Ji-a · 45 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:Summoned by a call from her older sister, a middle-aged woman goes to the bathhouse with her mother and sister, the two of them trading insults in thick Jeolla dialect.

  • In English

    Yi Sang 2009 · Excellence prize

    Spring Afternoon, Three Widows

    봄날 오후, 과부 셋 · Bomnal ohu, gwabu set

    Jeong Ji-a · 43 when first published

    Short story · 93 pages

    AI-generated summary:Eiko, Haruko and Sadako, three widows past eighty who have leaned on one another like sisters all their lives, set out together on a spring afternoon.