Lit in Translation

Jung Young-moon

정영문

Born 1965 · South Korea

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Daesan 2012 · Winner

    A Contrived World

    어떤 작위의 세계 · Eotteon jagwiui segye

    Jung Young-moon · 46 when first published

    Novel · 163 pages · Autofiction

    AI-generated summary:Spending a spring and summer in San Francisco, a writer remembers an earlier visit to California, when he drank tequila with a former girlfriend and her new partner, took potshots at agaves and stayed on alone for the fog.

  • In English

    Yi Sang 2008 · Excellence prize

    A Most Ambiguous Sunday, and Other Stories

    목신의 어떤 오후 · Moksinui eotteon ohu

    Jung Young-moon · 42 when first published

    Short story · 294 pages

    AI-generated summary:Three people picnic on open ground beside a lake, a pipe-smoking man, his cousin and the narrator who lives with her, and go over stories they all know while crows hang about and rain clouds gather.