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Korean Translator Anton Hur 2021.08.02 About Anton “A little too fluent”—South China Morning Post I am a writer and translator working in Seoul. I was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and raised in British Hong Kong, Ethiopia, and Thailand, but mostly in Korea, where I’ve lived for thirty years. I was awarded the title of Person of Distinguished Service to the Nation after serving in the Korean Army. • Twitter: @AntonHur, Instagram: @AntonHur, Website: antonhur.com Book translations • I Went to See My Father by Kyung-Sook Shin (Astra House, 2023) • Violet by Kyung-Sook Shin (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Feminist Press, 2022) • Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong (Moonji Books, 2021) • Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park (Grove, Tilted Axis, 2021) • Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (Honford Star, 2021) • The Prisoner by Hwang Sok-yong (Verso, Penguin Random House US, 2021) • The Underground Village by Kang Kyeong-ae (Honford Star, 2018) • The Court Dancer by Kyung-Sook Shin (Pegasus Books, 2018) Book chapters • What Does It Mean to Decolonise Translation?: “The Mythical English Reader” (Tilted Axis, 2021) • International LGBTQ+ Literature for Children and Young Adults: “Boys Who Wear Dresses: Queer Narrative Strategies in Korean Children’s Literature” (Anthem, 2021) • The Valancourt Book of World Horror Vol. 2: “Masks” by Bora Chung (Valancourt, 2021) Other translations • Samovar: “The Head” by Bora Chung • Words Without Borders: “Genesis” by Jeon Sam-hye, “The Tears of an Unknown Artist, or Zaytun Pasta” by Sang Young Park, “About My Daughter” by Kim Hye-jin, guest editor for 2019 feature on queer Korean literature • The Guardian: Kyung-Sook Shin for “Seven novelists from around the world living with the pandemic” • Asymptote Journal: “Aficionados” by Jung Young Su • The Offing: “The Embodiment” by Bora Chung • Chogwa: “The Snail” by Jin Eun-Young and others • Modern Poetry in Translation: Chogwa revisions issue • Anomaly: “A Spell to Invoke the White Dolphin” by Jeon Sam-hye • Columbia Journal: “Nights in Lebanon” by Jung Young Su • Westerly Magazine: Poetry by Shim Bo-seon and others • Slice Magazine: Exquisite corpse project by Jeon Sam-hye • Queen Mob’s Tea House: “The Joy of Music” by Jung Young Su • Korean Literature Now: Poetry by Kim Un and others • Cordite: “Was” (poem) Writing • The Great White Canceling • Fictional Notes toward an Essay in Translation • How to Write Queer Korean Lit: A Manual • The Emerging Literary Translator Valley of Death • From the Translator: A Lunar Sorority • On writing: 1. On silence 2. On exile 3. On cunning • 24 March 2020 Interviews • Shondaland • Prism magazine • KBS World Radio Korea24 (audio) • National Centre for Writing Podcast (with Jeremy Tiang) • Books & Bao: Meet the Translator • Arts Council Korea, Music of the Sentences (Korean): Part 1, Part 2 • EBS Morning Date: Part 1, Part 2 • Korean Literature Now interview (with Sang Young Park) • Matthew Sciarappa’s YouTube channel Grants and Awards • PEN/Heim Translation Fund grant (2020) • PEN Translates award (2017) • Daesan Foundation literary translation grant (2017) • GKL Korean Literature Translation Award (2018) • Multiple grants from the Literary Translation Institute of Korea • Multiple grants from the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea • Multiple grants from Arts Council Korea • Translator-in-residence at the National Centre for Writing, UK • Translator-in-residence at Queen’s College Translation Exchange, University of Oxford Photo credit: Anita Staff, Daniel Hahn #Anton Hur #Translator #Award #Grant

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