K-Book Trends - Jamie Chang

Jamie Chang

2021.07.05

Contact

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E-Mail: jjf@ewha.ac.kr

Professional Experience

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Freelance Translator and Editor (June 2007 - present)

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Lecturer
Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation.
Ewha Womans University. Seoul, South Korea. (Fall 2013, Fall 2015 - present)
Translation Academy.
Literature Translation Institute Korea. Seoul, South Korea. (Spring 2017 - present)

Achievements and Awards

Translation Grants, Korea Literature Translation Institute.

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Mouthwatering, by Kim Ae-ran. (2008)

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The Wizard Bakery, by Koo Byung-mo. (2011)

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The Great Soul of Siberia, by Park Soo-yong. (2014)

Korea Times Modern Literature Translation Award.

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Commendation Prize, Fiction Category. (2010)

Education

AM. Regional Studies – East Asia (Sep 2009 – May 2011)

Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass.

BA. English and Drama (Sep 2002 – May 2006)

Tufts University. Medford, Mass.

Selected Translations

	*Kim Jiyoung, Born in 1982* By Cho Nam-joo. Simon & Schuster UK. Forthcoming in February 2020.
	*How to Break Up Like a Winner* By Baek Young-ok. Asia Publishers, 2019.
	*Luka* By Yun I-hyeong. Wasafiri. Issue 96, Winter 2018. Wasafiri Magazine.
	*April Snow* By Son Won-pyeong. Asia Publishers, 2018.
	*Clever Else Melts Into Oblivion* By Koo Byung-mo. Azalea (Vol. 10). Korea Institute, Harvard University, 2017.
	*The Summer* By Choi Eunyoung. Asia Publishers, 2017.
	*Where Would You Like To Go?* By Kim Ae-ran. Asia Publishers, 2016.
	*The Great Soul of Siberia* By Sooyong Park. Greystone Books, 2015. William Collins, 2017.
	*Tuesday River* By Son Hong-gyu. Asia Publishers, 2014.
	*Brief Biography Of Yuja* By Yi Mun-gu. Asia Publishers, 2013.
	*The Wizard Bakery* By Koo Byung-mo. Funded by Korea Literature Translation Institute, 2011. Unpublished manuscript.
	*Mouthwatering* By Kim Ae-ran. Funded by Korea Literature Translation Institute, 2008. Christmas Specials, Flugdatenscheiber, and Mouthwatering published in Azalea (volumes 4 & 5) and The American Reader (Vol. 1, no. 5/6).