Jung Mi-Kyung (; 4 February 1960 – 18 January 2017) was a modern South Korean novelist.”Jung Mi-Kyung" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do#
Life Jung Mi-Kyung was born on February 4, 1960, in Masan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Jung graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in English literature and in 1987 made her literary debut by winning the drama category of the JoongAng Literary Award. After this, however, she withdrew from literary work for over a decade, re-entering the scene as a novelist, debuting with the short story "The Woman With Arsenic" in the Fall volume of World Literature. Thereafter, she has concentrated on her literary career with great success.
Work Korean critic Kim Kyung-Yeon has referred to Jung's work as, "(portraying) a deceptive society full of absurd spectacles, where truth and falseness are intertwined, appearances define nature, and values are destroyed. She shows us the dark side of post-capitalist society through those who struggle to live amidst these absurd spectacles.""Lee Moon-Yol" Biographical PDF, LTI Korea, p. 5. available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do?method=author_detail&AI_NUM=873&user_system=keuser
Selected works Works in translation He Gave Me Roses of the Balkans (translated by Stella Kim) My Son's Girlfriend (translated by Yu Young-nan)
Works in Korean Short stories "Heavy Snow" () "The Woman with Arsenic" (, 2001) "Divide, the Night" (, 2006)
Novels La Vie en Rose (, 2002) The Strange Sorrow of Wonderland (, 2005) Stars of Africa (, 2010)
Short story collections Bloodstained Lover (, 2004) They Gave Me Balkan Roses (, 2006) My Son's Girlfriend (, 2008) French Laundry (, 2013)
Awards Yi Sang Literature Award (2006) - for "Divide, the Night" () Today's Artist Award (2002)
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