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Kim Bo-young

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Kim Bo-young

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1975
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean
Residence History
Gangwon Province, South Korea

Career

Occupations
screenwriter, game developer, graphic designer, science fiction writer
Active Years
2004-2024
Affiliations
Garam & Baram
Nominations
National Book Award for Translated Literature Longlist (2021)

Awards

Korean Science & Technology Creative Writing Award
2004
Work: The Experience of Touch
Result: winner
South Korean SF Novel Award
2013
Work: The Seven Executioners
Category: novel
Result: winner
South Korean SF Novel Award
2014
Work: The World's Fastest Person
Category: short story/novella
Result: winner
South Korean SF Novel Award
2017
Work: How Alike We Are
Category: short story/novella
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

An Evolutionary Myth

2010 Science fiction

An SF work mythologizing evolution.

evolution

The Seven Executioners

2013 Science fiction

The Prophet of Mundanity

2017 Science fiction

How Alike Are We

2020 SF short story collection

I'm Waiting for You

2020 SF novel

A story of love set in space.

lovespace
Translations
  • HarperVoyager (2021, trans. Sophie Bowman, Sung Ryu)

On the Origin of Species and Other Stories

2021 SF short story collection

SF short stories including one inspired by On the Origin of Species.

evolutionscience
Translations
  • Kaya Press (2021, trans. Sora Kim-Russell, Joungmin Lee Comfort)

Translations of Works

  • I'm Waiting for You (English)
  • On the Origin of Species and Other Stories (English)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
SF rooted in Korean societal issuesBlending reality and science fiction
Recurring Motifs
Sewol ferry disasterKorean Gamergate incident

Legacy

First Korean SF author published by HarperCollins. Her translated works have gained international recognition.

Trivia

  • Served as script advisor for Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer.