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Chi-young Kim

Chi-young Kim

Korean English literary translator

The native form of this personal name is Kim Chi-young. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Chi-young Kim is a Korean-to-English literary translator who lives in the United States.

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Originally having trained as a lawyer and translating as a hobby helping her mom, Kim became a professional literary translator after graduation, when she started working for a publishing company in New York.[1] Her work includes the English translations of the award-winning novels Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook and The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Hwang Seon-mi. Her translation of Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

Other internationally acclaimed translated works are Your Republic is Calling You by Kim Young-ha or The Investigation by Lee Jung-myung.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "An Interview with translator Chi-Young Kim (Shin Kyung-sook's "Please Look After Mom" among others) |". Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. [2]
    "Interview with Chi-Young Kim, translator of "The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly" |". Retrieved 2022-12-30.

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