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Che Yeun

Che Yeun

How to pronounce Che Yeun: chay (rhymes with "say") yuhn

Che Yeun Biography

Che Yeun's short fiction can be found in Granta, AGNI, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Kenyon Review Online, and elsewhere. Her work has received grants from Hedgebrook, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, and the David T.K. Wong Fellowship. After completing her PhD in History of Science at Harvard University, she is currently a professor of History of Science & Technology at Texas A&M University. She was born in Seoul, Korea.

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    Jamie Chang is an award-winning translator and teaches at the Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. (more)

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    Heinz Insu Fenkl

    Heinz Insu Fenkl was born in 1960 in Bupyeong and grew up in Korea, and later in Germany and the United States. His autobiographical novel Memories of My Ghost Brother was named a PEN/Hemingway Award finalist and a Barnes & ... (more)

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