Goodreads Choice Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2021) Winner
Michelle Chongmi Zauner
ミシェル・チョンミ・ザウナー
Mishieru Chongumi Zaunā
Aliases:
Japanese Breakfast
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1989-03-29 （Seoul）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, Korean
- Residence History
- Eugene, Oregon → Philadelphia → Seoul
Career
- Occupations
- Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Author
- Active Years
- 2005-
- Affiliations
- Dead Oceans, Japanese Breakfast
- Influenced By
- Karen O, Joe Hisaishi, Frank Ocean, Kate Bush
- Influenced
- Nominations
- Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Mawr College | — | Independent major in creative production | — | 2007-2011 | United States |
Bryn Mawr College
Independent major in creative production
Period:
2007-2011
Year of Graduation:
2011
Country:
United States
Influenced by authors such as Philip Roth, Richard Ford, and John Updike
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | American Book Award | Crying in H Mart | — | Before Columbus Foundation | Winner |
| 2022 | Time 100 | — | Innovators | Time | Selected |
American Book Award
2022
Work:
Crying in H Mart
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
Winner
Time 100
2022
Category:
Innovators
Organization:
Time
Result:
Selected
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
2021 Memoir 256 pagesA memoir about grieving her mother's death from cancer, her Korean-American identity, and the bond with her mother through Korean food at H Mart.
GriefKorean-American identityFamily bondsFood culture
Adaptations
- [Film] Crying in H Mart / Will Sharpe
Bibliography
- Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Personal and emotional narrativeCultural exploration through food
- Recurring Motifs
- Loss and griefImmigrant food cultureMixed identity
Health
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Depression高校最終学年Strained relationship with mother
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Mother's cancer (bile duct squamous cell carcinoma)2014Mother's death influenced her creative work
Legacy
Influential in music and literature for portraying Korean-American experiences, named in Time 100.
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation of Crying in H Mart in development
Quotes
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Growing up in America with a Caucasian father and Korean mother, I relied on my mom for access to our Korean heritage.
Source: Crying in H Mart (2021)
Trivia
- Openly bisexual
- Mother died two weeks after parents' marriage
- Japanese Breakfast named after a GIF of Japanese breakfast
- Began learning Korean in adulthood