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List Of American Writers Of Korean Descent
Korean American literature treats a wide range of topics including Korean life in America, the intersection of American and Korean culture in the lives of young Korean Americans, as well as life and history on the Korean peninsula. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Korean American writers or must have references showing they are Korean American writers and are notable. Korean American writers * Jung-hyo Ahn * Matthew J. Baek * Haemi Balgassi * Kendare Blake * Steph Cha * Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982) * Leonard Chang * Alexander Chee * Sook Nyul Choi * Susan Choi * Daniel Chun * Catherine Chung * Nicole Chung * Susan Ee * Heinz Insu Fenkl * Jenny Han * Johanna Hedva * Euny Hong * Cathy Park Hong * Y. Euny Hong * Grace Jung * Jay Caspian Kang * Minsoo Kang * Younghill Kang (1903–1972) * Nora Okja Keller * Alice Sola Kim * Derek Kirk Kim * Elaine H. Kim * Elizabeth Kim * Eugenia Kim * Mike Kim * Myung Mi Kim * Nancy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean American
Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian Americans subgroup, after the Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, and Vietnamese Americans communities. The U.S. is home to the largest Korean diaspora community in the world. Demographics According to the 2010 Census, there were approximately 1.7 million people of Korean descent residing in the United States, making it the country with the second-largest Korean population living outside Korea (after the People's Republic of China). The ten states with the largest estimated Korean American populations were California (452,000; 1.2%), New York (141,000, 0.7%), New Jersey (94,000, 1.1%), Virginia (71,000, 0.9%), Texas (68,000, 0.3%), Washington (62,400, 0.9%), Illinois (61,500, 0.5%), Georgia (52,500, 0.5%), Maryland (49,000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Hedva
Johanna Hedva (born 1984) is a Korean Americans, Korean American contemporary artist, writer, and musician. They are the author of the 2018 novel ''On Hell'', and ''Minerva the Miscarriage of the Brain'', a collection of poetry, plays, and essays published in 2020. Their work deals with death and grieving, illness and disability, as well as mysticism, ritual, and Ancient Greek myth. They describe their music as "hag blues, mystical doom, and intimate metal," and have cited the influence of Korean Pansori singing and Korean shamanism, as well as Diamanda Galás, Keiji Haino, and Sainkho Namtchylak. Early life and education Born in 1984 in Santa Barbara, California,. At age 22, Hedva began studying astrophysics at a city college before transferring two years later to University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA to study design. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Design from UCLA in 2010, Hedva earned a Master of Fine Arts at the California Institute of the Arts in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Kim
Mike Kim (born December 11, 1976) is a bestselling author, inspirational speaker, consultant, NGO founder, and North Korea specialist. He is a Korean-American who, in 2003, moved to the China-North Korea border and founded Crossing Borders, a nonprofit dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to North Korean refugees. He is the author of the ''Wall Street Journal'' featured book ''Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World’s Most Repressive Country'', a current events memoir published in 2008 by Rowman & Littlefield, about his experiences at the China-North Korea border when taking time off from business to help North Korean refugees and human trafficking victims through the modern-day 6,000 mile underground railroad in Asia. Escaping North Korea has been translated into Turkish and Polish. The book is being developed into a feature film with actor/producer Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Hawaii Five-O). Crossing Borders On New Year's Day 2003, Kim decided to take some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenia Kim (author)
Eugenia Kim (born 1952) is a Korean American writer and novelist who lives in Washington, DC. She is most known for her novel, ''The Calligrapher's Daughter'', which was critically acclaimed and won multiple awards, including a 2009 Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction. Kim teaches at Fairfield University's MFA Creative Writing program. Works Kim's debut novel, ''The Calligrapher's Daughter,'' won the 2009 Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. ''The Calligrapher's Daughter'' received a Publishers Weekly (PW) starred review among other advance reviews. It was also published by Bloomsbury (UK), in January 2010, and has been translated and published in Indonesia and South Korea. Kim's epic historical novel, inspired by the life of her mother, is about a young woman who fights for a brighter future in early 20th-century Korea during the Japanese occupation. In addition to other press attention, including a les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Kim
Elizabeth Kim is the pen name of an American journalist who authored the book ''Ten Thousand Sorrows'', which is described as a memoir. Early life Kim was born in South Korea to a Korean mother and an American father. She was conceived most likely after the Korean Armistice Agreement, which ended the fighting in the Korean War. According to Kim's memories, her father abandoned her mother, who was forced to return to her hometown alone and pregnant to seek assistance from her family. After Kim's birth, she lived with her mother in a hut at the edge of town, and worked in the rice fields. When Kim was a child, as she remembers it, her mother was killed by her grandfather and uncle in what she would later describe as an "honor killing". Kim herself was left at a Seoul orphanage, with no record of her original name or her family. Eventually, she was adopted by a minister and his wife and given the name Elizabeth. ''Ten Thousand Sorrows'' Writing and reactions Kim was working as a jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine H
Elaine may refer to: * Elaine (legend), name shared by several different female characters in Arthurian legend, especially: ** Elaine of Astolat ** Elaine of Corbenic * "Elaine" (short story), 1945 short story by J. D. Salinger * Elaine (singer), South African singer Business *Elaine's, a New York City restaurant Entertainment * ''The Exploits of Elaine'', 1914 film serial in the genre of ''The Perils of Pauline'' * "Elaine" (song) by ABBA, the B-side of the single ''The Winner Takes It All'' and a bonus track on the CD re-issues of ''Super Trouper'' * "Miss Elaine", song by Run–D.M.C. from the album ''Tougher Than Leather'' * Elaine Marley, heroine of the video series ''Monkey Island'' * ''Elaine'' (opera), composed by Herman Bemberg * Elaine Benes (Seinfeld character) Places * Elaine, Victoria, a town in Australia * Elaine, Arkansas, a US city People * Elaine (given name) Elaine is a given name, a variant of Elaina, Elayne and Helen. It may refer to: Arts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Kirk Kim
Derek Kirk Kim is a Korean-American writer, director, and artist. He is the recipient of the Eisner (2004), the Harvey (2004), and the Ignatz Award (2003) for his debut graphic novel ''Same Difference and Other Stories.'' (The contents of which were originally serialized on his website, formerly known as ''Lowbright'', and ''Small Stories''). This collection of short stories was first published with the help of a 2002 Xeric Award. In television, he is best known for his work as a director on the Disney animated television series ''Amphibia''. He was also the lead character designer of ''Adventure Time'' (Cartoon Network) and a story artist for ''Green Eggs and Ham'' (Netflix). He is also the writer of ''TUNE'' and the writer and director of the spin-off webseries, ''Mythomania''. Kim has also worked on numerous animated shorts, including "Sympathy for Slenderman," a Webby Award nominee in 2014. Early life Kim was born in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. He came to the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Sola Kim
Alice Sola Kim is an American science fiction writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Kim was a 2016 Whiting Award recipient. Her writings have appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Tin House, Lenny Letter, Asimov's Science Fiction, Buzzfeed, and Strange Horizons. Kim's works include short stories like “We Love Deena" and "Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters.” Biography Kim was raised in Seattle, Washington. Kim received a B.A. from Stanford University in 2006 and an M.F.A. from the Creative Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis in 2011. Awards and honors In 2016, Kim was selected as one of ten recipients of the annual Whiting Awards. Kim has received grants and scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Elizabeth George Foundation. ''Vice'' described Kim as part of a "Subversive New Generation of Asian American Writers." In 2018, her horror short story, "Mothers, Lock Up Your ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Okja Keller
Nora Okja Keller (born 22 December 1966, in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean American author. Her 1997 breakthrough work of fiction, ''Comfort Woman'', and her second book (2002), ''Fox Girl'', focus on multigenerational trauma resulting from Korean women's experiences as sex slaves, euphemistically called comfort women, for Japanese and American troops during World War II and the ongoing Korean War. Critical acclaim Keller’s first novel was highly praised by critics, including Michiko Kakutani in ''The New York Times'', who said that in ''Comfort Woman'', "Keller has written a powerful book about mothers and daughters and the passions that bind generations." Kakutani called it "a lyrical and haunting novel" and "an impressive debut." ''Comfort Woman'' won the American Book Award in 1998 and the 1999 Elliot Cades Award; previously, in 1995, Keller won the Pushcart Prize for a short story, "Mother-Tongue", which became the second chapter of ''Comfort Woman''. In 2003, she won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Younghill Kang
Younghill Kang (June 5, 1898 — December 2, 1972, Korean name 강용흘) was an important early Asian American writer. He is best known for his 1931 novel ''The Grass Roof'' (the first Korean American novel) and its sequel, the 1937 fictionalized memoir ''East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee.'' He also wrote an unpublished play, ''Murder in the Royal Palace'', which was performed both in the US and in Korea. He has been called "the father of Korean American literature."Seiwoong Oh. "Younghill Kang (1903-1972)." in ''Asian American Autobiographers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook'' pp.149-158. Life and work As a child in Korea, Kang was educated in both Confucian and Christian missionary schools.Bio at ''The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Fifth Edition'' In 1921, he fled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsoo Kang (historian And Writer)
Minsoo Kang (born 1967) is a historian and writer. Currently, he is an associate professor of European intellectual history in the Department of History at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Kang is also an expert on the history of automata in science and in fiction. Kang has published numerous books and articles on European history. In 'Of Tales and Enigmas', a collection of his essays and short stories, Kang adopts the styles of Western genre fiction to explore his personal vision of Korean history, which creates a surrealistic landscape where histories, ideas, and legends freely and harmoniously intermingle. Early life Minsoo Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea, his father is a South Korean diplomat and his mother is a professor of French literature. In accordance with the international nature of his father's job, Kang grew up in Korea, Austria, New Zealand, Iran, Germany, Brunei, and other places for shorter periods. He is fluent in Korean and English, and can read in Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Caspian Kang
Jay Caspian Kang is an American writer, editor, television journalist and podcast host. He is a staff writer at the ''New York Times Magazine'' and the opinion section of ''The New York Times''. Previously he was an editor of ''Grantland'', then of the science and technology blog Elements at ''The New Yorker''. He was also an Emmy-nominated correspondent on '' Vice News Tonight'' and cohosts the podcast ''Time to Say Goodbye''. His debut novel ''The Dead Do Not Improve'' was released by the Hogarth/Random House in the summer of 2012. In 2021, he published ''The Loneliest Americans'', a memoir and reported work examining Asian American identity. Early life Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea on New Year's Eve 1979. He grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts while his father obtained his post-doctorate degree in organic chemistry at Harva and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and received his Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) degree fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
