Grace Jung (정현주, born February 20, 1987) is a Korean American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and filmmaker.[1] She is the author of the novel Deli Ideology, about a college graduate working in a delicatessen during the recession.[2][3][4] She hosts K-Drama School podcast.[5] Jung's first non-fiction book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television is forthcoming at Running Press.[citation needed]
In 2016, her translation of 벌레 이야기 by Yi Chong-jun was published in Two Stories from Korea: "The Wounded" and "The Abject".[6] Jung has also translated a collection of select short stories by Kim Tongin which was published by Honford Star in 2017 entitled Sweet Potato.[7]
Biography edit
Jung was born in Busan, South Korea, and immigrated to Brooklyn, New York in 1992. She earned her B.A. in English Literature at Pace University. She has a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA. She is a former Fulbright Scholar.[8]
Awards edit
- Academy of American Poets Prize[citation needed]
- Fulbright Research Scholarship[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ "A-Town Boyz Movie | CREW". atownboyzmovie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.[dead link]
- ^ "Grace Jung's debut novel "Deli Ideology" explores Korean American identity & history". Reappropriate. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Marshall, Colin. "Colin Marshall interviews Grace Jung". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Rostad, Rachel (17 June 2014). "Books: Grace Jung's Deli Ideology". Hyphen. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "K-Drama School". K-Drama School. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ Cheong-Jun, Yi (2016). Lee, Jennifer; Jung, Grace (eds.). Two Stories from Korea: "The Wounded" and "The Abject". ISBN 978-1-937385-83-5.
- ^ "Sweet Potato".[dead link]
- ^ "Terry's Stories". Cortland Review.[dead link]