Nami Mun

Nami Mun
Born	Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Novelist short story writer
Nationality	Korean American
Education	University of California, Berkeley University of Michigan (MFA)
Notable awards	Whiting Award (2009)

Nami Mun is a Korean American novelist and short story writer. ^[1]

Life

Nami Mun was born in Seoul, South Korea, though she grew up in The Bronx. ^[2] She graduated from University of California, Berkeley, and from the University of Michigan, with an MFA. ^[3]

Her stories have been published in Granta , Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Iowa Review , Evergreen Review , Witness, Bat City Review, and Tin House . ^[4]

Awards

• 2012 Chicago Public Library 21st Century Award
• 2009 Orange Prize finalist
• 2009 Whiting Award

Works

Books

• Miles From Nowhere. Penguin Group. 2009. ISBN   978-1-59448-854-2.

Short stories

• "The Anniversary". Granta (114: Aliens). Spring 2011. (Subscription Required)

References

1. "Bio". October 17, 2008.
2. "Interview: Nami Mun". The Chicagoist. Archived from the original on 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
3. "U-M Department of English: News & Events: Nami Mun wins 2009 Whiting Writers' Award". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
4. "Tin House :: Back Issues : Issue 22". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-08.

External links

• Profile at The Whiting Foundation
• "Miles from Nowhere website"
• "Interview: Nami Mun", Chicagoist
• "Interview: novelist Nami Mun", San Francisco metblogs
• "Nami Mun revisits being homeless", Minnesota Public Radio, Euan Kerr, January 15, 2009