Kwak Yeon-soo is a digital editor at The Korea Times creating, editing and curating digital content for the newspaper’s website, mobile app and social media. She previously covered a diverse array of cultural, political and business topics.
Winners of 52nd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards
Fiction Grand Prize winner Youngjae Josephine Bae
By Kwak Yeon-soo
The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of its 52nd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards.
This year, the Grand Prize in fiction, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, goes to Youngjae Josephine Bae for her translation of novelist Park Hyoung-su's “The Tall Dwarf.”
The Grand Prize in the poetry category is awarded to Joanne Park for her translation of poems by Yu Hyoung-jin, including “Adolescence.”
The Commendation Award winner for fiction is Clare Richards for her translation of Kim Keum-hee's “Half of His Egg Muffin.”
We congratulate all participants and winners for their hard work and hope for more entries next year, as Korean literature needs more skilled translators to reach a global audience.
The awards are sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and KB Financial Group.
Poetry Grand Prize winner Joanne Park
Grand Prize in fiction
: Youngjae Josephine Bae (Park Hyoung-su's “The Tall Dwarf”)
Grand Prize in poetry
: Joanne Park (Yu Hyoung-jin's poems)
Commendation Award in fiction
: Clare Richards (Kim Keum-hee's “Half of His Egg Muffin”)
Judges
: Brother Anthony (professor emeritus at Sogang University), Jung Ha-yun (professor at Ewha Womans University) and Min Eun-kyung (professor at Seoul National University)