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Korean Translator Hyeon Jeong Lee 2024.01.02 PROFILE Hyeon Jeong Lee (she/her) is a freelance translator based in Champaign, Illinois, USA. She studied English Literature at Seoul National University and received her PhD in English at the University at Buffalo, USA. She was awarded a translation grant from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea for her English translation of Uhye Song’s White Bird, which she co-translated with Cynthia M. Childs. Lee also co-translated Sung-hee Yoon’s short story “The Duty of Loneliness” with Childs and published it in the Tammy Journal. Currently, she is writing a Korean-American history textbook with members of the Midwest Korean School Association. Lee’s major translation interests include literary fiction, academic pieces on Korean history or society, and literary criticism. CONTACT • Email: iwriteHJL@gmail.com EDUCATION • PhD in English, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA • MA in English Literature, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea • BA in English Language and Literature, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea ACHIEVEMENTS Translation Grant, Literature Translation Institute of Korea (2014) • Co-translation of Uhye Song’s White Bird Published Translations • Saram Lee’s My Fair Star, Congbaht Publishing (2015) • Sung-hee Yoon’s “The Duty of Loneliness,” The Tammy Journal 4 (2014), Co-translated with Cynthia Childs White Bird, My Fair Star Other Works • Korean-American History Textbook for Youth by Midwest Korean School Association (forthcoming), Participated as a Korean editor and English translator • Translated The Ecology of Dinosaurs: A Comic Book by Do-Yoon Kim, Gallois, Hanbit Publishing • Wrote How to Get Lynn, an Almost Teenager, Ready for Bed (2021) • Translated Various promotional materials for overseas publication, as requested by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (2010-2014) and the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea The Ecology of Dinosaurs: A Comic Book, How to Get Lynn, an Almost Teenager, Ready for Bed #Hyeon Jeong Lee #Translator #English

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