Ook Chung

Ook Chung, born in Japan in 1963, is a Québécois writer.[1][2] Chung was born to Korean parents in Japan and immigrated to Canada[3] at the age of 2. He studied French literature at McGill and Concordia universities before obtaining his doctorate at McGill.

Awards

  • 2002: John Glassco Prize (translation into French of Kerri Sakamoto's The Electrical Field)
  • 2002: Prix littéraire Canada-Japon (Kimchi)
  • 2000: Prix littéraire Canada-Japon (Proposed but never realized Testament de Tokyo)

Works

  • 1994: Nouvelles orientales et désorientées, Montreal, L'Hexagone. ( ISBN 2890065146)
  • 2001: Le Clézio, une écriture prophétique, Paris, Imago. ( ISBN 2911416481)
  • 2001: Kimchi, Paris, Le Serpent à plumes. ( ISBN 2842612620)
  • 2003: L'Expérience interdite, Montreal, Boréal. ( ISBN 2764602391)
  • 2003: Contes Butô, Montreal, Boréal. ( ISBN 2764602529)
  • 2012: La Trilogie coréenne, Montreal, Boréal. ( ISBN 9782764621073)

References

  1. ↑ Montpetit, Caroline (11 October 2003). "L'amant de l'ombre". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Porter, Isabelle (17 April 2004). "Ook Chung remporte le Prix des collégiens". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Ook Chung. L'Experience interdite. (Book Review). World Literature Today. 1 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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