Chŏng, Yŏng-mun, 1965-

LC control no.	nr2001000742
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PL992.2.Y625
Personal name heading	Chŏng, Yŏng-mun, 1965- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	정 영문, 1965- 정영문, 1965- Jung, Young-moon, 1965- Jung Young, Moon, 1965-
Birth date	1965
Place of birth	Hamyang (South Korea)
Affiliation	Seoul National University Iowa State University University of California at Berkeley
Profession or occupation	Author Translator Teacher
Special note	Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. Non-Latin script references reviewed in NACO CJK Funnel References Project.
Found in	P'itki ŏmnŭn tokpaek, 2000: t.p. (정 영문 = Chŏng Yŏng-mun) front flap (b. 1965 in Kyŏngnam Hamyang; grad., Sŏuldae Simni Hakkwa) A Most Ambiguous Sunday, and Other Stories, 2013: ECIP t.p. (Jung Young-moon) data view (Novelist, short-story writer, translator, playwright, and teacher, Jung Young-moon was born in Hamyang, South Korea, in 1965. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in psychology. He made his literary debut in 1996 when his novel A Man Who Barely Exists. He has also translated more than forty English books into Korean) Amazon.com website, viewed Jan. 13, 2017: (Jung Young Moon was born in Hamyang, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea in 1965. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in psychology. He made his literary début in 1996 with the novel A Man Who Barely Exists. Jung is also an accomplished translator who has translated more than forty books from English into Korean, including works by John Fowles, Raymond Carver, and Germaine Greer. In 1999 he won the 12th Dongseo Literary Award with his collection of short stories, A Chain of Dark Tales. In 2005 Jung was invited to participate in the University of Iowa's International Writing Program, and in 2010 the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Korean Study invited him to participate in a three-month-long residency program. in 2012, he won the Han Moo-suk Literary Award, the Dong-in Literary Award, and the Daesan Literary Award for his novel A Contrived World, which is forthcoming from Dalkey Archive, who also published his short story collection A Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other Stories in 2014)
Associated language	kor eng