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Ook Chung

ウク・チュン

Ūku Chun

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1963 (Japan)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
French
Residence History
Japan (birth) → Canada (from age 2)

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
1994-2021
Nominations
Prix littéraire Canada-Japon (Testament de Tokyo, proposed but unrealized, 2000)

Education

McGill University
Faculty of Arts / French Literature
Degree: 博士号
Country: Canada
Studied French literature, obtained doctorate
Concordia University
Faculty of Arts / French Literature
Country: Canada
Studied French literature

Awards

John Glassco Prize
2002
Work: The Electrical Field (French translation)
Category: 翻訳賞
Result: 受賞
Prix littéraire Canada-Japon
2002
Work: Kimchi
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kimchi

2001 Novel

Work centered on kimchi

IdentityCulture

Bibliography

  • Nouvelles orientales et désorientées (1994)
  • Le Clézio, une écriture prophétique (2001)
  • Kimchi (2001)
  • L'Expérience interdite (2003)
  • Contes Butô (2003)
  • La Trilogie coréenne (2012)
  • La jeune fille de la paix (2021)