| Chung Bora | |
 Chung Bora at Quais du Polar, Lyon in 2023. | |
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| Hangul | 정보라 |
| RR | Jeong Bora |
| MR | Chŏng Pora |
Chung Bora (born 1976) is a South Korean writer and translator. Her collection of short stories, Cursed Bunny ,was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize.
Chung Bora was born in 1976,in Seoul. [1] Her parents were dentists. [2] She completed graduate studies in Russian and East European area studies at Yale University,then went on to gain a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University Bloomington. [1] [3] She taught the Russian language,literature and science fiction studies at Yonsei University. [1] [4] She is a social activist. [4]
Chung has written three novels and three collections of short stories. [4] [3] She lists as her literary influences the works of Park Wan-suh,Bruno Schulz,Bruno Jasieński,Andrei Platonov and Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, [2] as well as Samguk yusa folktales. [4] In 1998,she won a Yonsei Literature Prize for her short story The Head. [5] She is also a recipient of second prizes at the Digital Literature Awards (2008) and Gwacheon Science Center SF Awards (2014). [5]
In 2022,the English edition of her short story collection Cursed Bunny translated by Anton Hur was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. [2] The ten stories borrow from different genres,including magical realism,horror and science fiction. [1] [4] In September 2023 the book was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. [6]
In January 2024,another short story collection of hers, Your Utopia ,came out in English translation,as did the novella Grocery List from Hanuman Books in June 2024, [7] both also translated into English by Anton Hur,who has announced that her novel,Red Sword,will be published in English translation in 2025. [8] Another novel of hers,Midnight Timetable,will be published in English translation in 2026. [9] All will be rendered by Hur.
Chung translates contemporary prose from Russian and Polish into Korean. [1] [3]
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