August’s literature night features a short story collection by Eun Hee-kyung, published last year by Dalkey Archive: Eun Hee-kyung: Beauty Looks Down on Me 29 August, 19.00-21.00 Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK Entrance Free – Booking Essential. Apply to info@kccuk.org.uk or call 020 7004 2600 with your name and contact details by Friday 10th August. […]
Author: Eun Hee-kyung (은희경 1959-)
Eun Heekyung made her entrance to the Korean literary scene in 1995 with her short novel Duet. The next year she won the Munhakdongne Fiction Award for her novel A Gift from a Bird, which portrayed the world of adults through the skeptical eyes of a 12 year old narrator. Since her debut she has written 10 books, including six collections of short stories and four novels. Secrets and Lies, published in 2005, is the three-generation story of two interrelated families. Source: Dalkey Archive
Selected publications by Eun Hee-kyung
- Nobody Checks the Time When They’re Happy tr Amber Hyun Jung Kim, White Pine Press 2017
- Beauty Looks Down on Me tr Chung Jae Won, Craig Bott, Park Yoonjin, Sora Kim-Russell, Dalkey Archive 2017
- Poor Man’s Wife (Bi-lingual, Vol 15 – Women) tr Jeon Seung-hee, Asia Publishers 2012
Short stories in anthologies
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