Winners of 46th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards

Sophie Bowman

The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of the 46th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards.

The Grand Prize winner for poetry, receiving 2 million won, is Sophie Bowman for her translation of a collection of poems by Jin Eun-young, including “When You Were a Boy.”

Winners of the 2million won commendation awards in fiction are Jung Sl-in for her translation of Lee Jang-wook’s “More Than Half of Haruo”; Helen Cho for her translation of Lee Seung-u’s “The Old Diary”; and the team of Christine Kwon and Park Chul-hwan for their translation of Kim Soom’s “Left-handed Woman.”

We congratulate all winners and hope for a greater number of entries next year. The contest was sponsored by the Hana Financial Group.

Grand Prize:

Sophie Bowman (Poems by Jin Eun-young)

Commendation Awards:

Jung Sl-in (“More Than Half of Haruo”); Helen Cho (“The Old Diary”); and Christine Kwon and Park Chul-hwan (“Left-handed Woman”)

Judges:

Brother Anthony (professor emeritus at Sogang University), Jung Ha-yun (professor, Ewha Womans University) and Min Eun-kyung (professor, Seoul National University)