Paul Yoon

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Paul Yoon
Born1980 (age 43–44)
New York, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter, novelist
Education Phillips Exeter Academy
Alma mater Wesleyan University
Notable works Run Me to Earth (2020)
Spouse Laura van den Berg
Website
www.paulyoon.com

Paul Yoon (born 1980) is an American fiction writer. In 2010 National Book Foundation named him a 5 Under 35 honoree.

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Early life and education

Yoon's grandfather was a North Korean refugee who resettled in South Korea, where he later founded an orphanage. [1] [2] Yoon graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1998 [3] and Wesleyan University in 2002. [4] [5]

Career

His first book, Once the Shore, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book; [6] a Los Angeles Times, [7] San Francisco Chronicle, [8] Publishers Weekly, [9] and Minneapolis Star Tribune [10] Best Book of the Year; and a National Public Radio Best Debut of the Year. [11] His work has appeared in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories collection, [12] and he is the recipient of a 5 Under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation. [13] His novel Snow Hunters won the 2014 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. [14] His 2023 story collection, The Hive and the Honey, won The Story Prize for short story collections published in 2023. [15]

Recently[ when? ] a part of the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars, Yoon is now a Briggs-Copeland lecturer at Harvard University. [16]

Personal life

Yoon lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, Laura van den Berg. [17]

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

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References

  1. ↑ MacAllen, Ian (February 3, 2020). "Paul Yoon Discusses Run Me To Earth". English Kills Review. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Elijah Wood; Ben Schwartz; Paul Yoon". Late Night with Seth Meyers. Season 7. Episode 63. February 6, 2020. NBC.
  3. ↑ Pilson, Dana. "Exonians In Review" (PDF). Phillips Exeter Communications Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "SLC Faculty: Paul Yoon". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Gould, Phoebe (10 September 2013). "Paul Yoon Authors Snow Hunters". The Phillipian. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "100 Notable Books of 2009 - The New York Times". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  7. ↑ "Favorite fiction of 2009 from the L.A. Times". LA Times Blogs - Jacket Copy. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  8. ↑ "The 100 best fiction, nonfiction books of 2009". SFGate. 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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  10. ↑ "Holiday books 2009". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  11. ↑ Freeman, John (18 December 2009). "The Best Debut Fiction Of 2009". NPR. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  12. ↑ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  13. ↑ [ dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Author Paul Yoon wins 2014 Young Lions Fiction Award for Snow Hunters".
  15. ↑ "Shelf Awareness". Shelf Awreness. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "Paul Yoon". Harvard University . Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  17. ↑ Sutherland, Amy (August 3, 2017). "Paul Yoon is a big fan of new fiction with a soft spot for classics". The Boston Globe . Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  18. ↑ Henderson, Jane (4 August 2013). "60 years after Korean War, slim novel tells POW's story". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  19. ↑ "Book Marks reviews of Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon". Book Marks. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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