Ook Chung, born in Japan in 1963, is a Québécois writer.[1][2] Chung was born to Korean parents in Japan and immigrated to Canada[3] at the age of 2. He studied French literature at McGill and Concordia universities before obtaining his doctorate at McGill.
Awards
edit- 2002: John Glassco Prize (translation into French of Kerri Sakamoto's The Electrical Field)
- 2002: Prix littéraire Canada-Japon (Kimchi)
- 2000: Prix littéraire Canada-Japon (Proposed but never realized Testament de Tokyo)
Works
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One of the illustrations in La jeune fille de la paix is this image of the Peace Statue in Berlin- 1994: Nouvelles orientales et désorientées, Montreal, L'Hexagone. (ISBN 2890065146)
- 2001: Le Clézio, une écriture prophétique, Paris, Imago. (ISBN 2911416481)
- 2001: Kimchi, Paris, Le Serpent à plumes. (ISBN 2842612620)
- 2003: L'Expérience interdite, Montreal, Boréal. (ISBN 2764602391)
- 2003: Contes Butô, Montreal, Boréal. (ISBN 2764602529)
- 2012: La Trilogie coréenne, Montreal, Boréal. (ISBN 9782764621073)
- 2021: La jeune fille de la paix, Montreal. (ISBN 9782896498659)
References
edit- ^ Montpetit, Caroline (11 October 2003). "L'amant de l'ombre". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ Porter, Isabelle (17 April 2004). "Ook Chung remporte le Prix des collégiens". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ Ook Chung. L'Experience interdite. (Book Review). World Literature Today. 1 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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