National Book Award for Translated Literature
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Edition 3 (2020) Longlisted
Cho Nam-joo
チョ・ナムジュ
Cho Nam-joo
Aliases:
Cho Nam-Joo
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1978 （South Korea）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean
- Residence History
- Bucheon, Seoul
Career
- Occupations
- writer, author, scriptwriter
- Active Years
- 2006-2023
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewha Womans University | — | sociology | 社会学学士 | — | South Korea |
Ewha Womans University
sociology
Degree:
社会学学士
Country:
South Korea
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
2016 novelA slim novel portraying an average Korean woman from childhood through career and motherhood, driven to a psychotic break by misogyny and motherhood expectations, filled with footnoted statistics on gender inequalities.
gender inequalityfeminismsexism in Korean societymotherhood
Adaptations
- [film] Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 / Kim Do-young (2019)
Translations
- more than 18 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- reportage stylesocial treatise with statistics
- Recurring Motifs
- everyday sexism against womensocietal inequalities
Legacy
Best known for her 2016 novel Kim Ji-young, Born 1982, which sold over a million copies and propelled a feminist movement in South Korea.
Trivia
- As a child, lacked money for books and reread borrowed ones repeatedly.
- Attended all-girls' schools for middle, high school, and college.