Authors
Kang Young-sook Novelist South Korea
Kang Young-sook made her literary debut in 1998 when she won the Seoul Shinmun New Writer’s Contest with the short story “A Meal in August.” Her published works include the short story collections Shaken, Every Day Is a Celebration, Black in Red, A Night of Dumbbell Exercises, Grey Literature, and Left Behind; and the full-length novels Rina, Writing Club, Tragicomic Miss Teletubby, and Burim District Bunker X. Since her debut, Kang has received numerous awards including the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, Paek Sinae Literary Award, Kim Yu-Jeong Literary Award, and Lee Hyoseok Literary Award. In 2009, she participated in the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa. In 2014, she was selected for the Daesan-Berkeley Writer-in-Residence Program. Rina has been translated into Japanese and English, and Writing Club has been translated into Japanese. Based in Seoul, Kang teaches creative writing and works as a freelance editor.
Participation Program
[Writers in Conversation] A Door That Opens Out of the Map
ⓒ Melmel Chung
ⓒ Emmanuel Bovet
ⓒ 강봉형
Public Reading
ⓒ 박동희
ⓒ Melmel Chung
Discussion My Inspiration