Authors
Lee Eung Jun Novelist South Korea
Eung Jun (b. 1970) was born in Seoul and has lived there since. In his early twenties he went on trips to Europe and also stayed for a while in Germany. He studied German Literature at Hanyang University where he also holds doctorate in Korean Literature. Apart from writing he spends his time teaching poetry and fiction in several universities. He made his debut with poetry the winter when he turned 21 while a member of a professional theater company, and with fiction the fall when he was 25. He has published two poetry collections, The Trees Resisted The Forest (1995) and Long-Distance Race With A Camel (2002). He has published seven works of fiction, the short story collections Bicycle Trip to the Other Side of the Moon (1996), My Girlfriend’s Funeral (1999), An Indifferent Animal’s Love Story (2004), The Engagement (2006), and the novels Heaven Hidden Under the Elms (1996) and Something Happened at Capricorn (2001) as well as the novel selection He Walked at the Speed of Reminiscence (2005).
Participation Program
Round Table 3 Newness in my literature
Round Table 2 Newness in my literature
Round Table 1 Newness in my literature