조경란
Born 1969 · South Korea
Yi Sang 2024 · Winner
Illeodugi
Title translated by AI:“Explanatory Notes”
Jo Kyung-ran · 54 when first published
Short story · 320 pages
AI-generated summary:A divorced man who runs a copy shop on the edge of a big city reads the writing his reticent neighbour left on a USB stick, and is drawn to the woman who sells side dishes across the street.
Yi Sang 2015 · Excellence prize
Gidoe gakkaun
Title translated by AI:“Close to a Prayer”
Jo Kyung-ran · 45 when first published
Short story
Yi Sang 2002 · Excellence prize
Mariui jip
Title translated by AI:“Mari's House”
Jo Kyung-ran · 32 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:Jang Malhui, a guide in a museum of African art, lives alone; then a man claiming to research a film appears at the museum, and her neighbour across the street says she runs a café.
Yi Sang 2000 · Excellence prize
Naui jajutbit sopa
Title translated by AI:“My Purple Sofa”
Jo Kyung-ran · 30 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:A woman who makes cheap novelty name cards for a living, and who counts for little in anyone's eyes, writes long, intimate letters to a correspondence club, addressed to no one in particular, as a way out of her solitude.