Authors
Jeon Sungtae Novelist South Korea
Born in 1969 in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Jeon Sungtae studied creative writing at Chung-Ang University and started his career in 1994 by winning the Silcheonmunhak New Writer’s Award. His publications include the short-story collections Second Self-Portrait, Wolves, Over The Border, and Burying Incense; the novel The Female Barber; and the essay collections Big Brothers of the World, Et Cetera’s Literature. He has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including the Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature, the Oh Yeongsu Literary Award, the Contemporary Literature Prize, the Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award, the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, among others. Currently he is a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Sunchon National University.
Participation Program
ⓒ Safa Alwan
ⓒ 박동희
[One on One] Beyond Division and Hostility
[Writers in Conversation] Diasporic Imagination
ⓒ Alexander Belov
ⓒ Athul Prasad
ⓒ Francesca Mantovanil
ⓒ Jen Cunnion
ⓒ Pierrick Delobelle
Opening Ceremony
ⓒ LM. PALOMARES
ⓒ 박동희
Public Reading
ⓒ 박동희
ⓒ Melmel Chung
Discussion My Inspiration