Sang Young Park

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Sang Young Park
Born1988 (age 36–37)
Daegu, South Korea
OccupationNovelist, TVWriter
LanguageKorean
NationalitySouth Korean
Alma mater Sungkyunkwan University
Period2016–present
GenreQueer, Romance
Notable works Love in the Big City
Notable awards International Booker Prize
Korean name
Hangul
박상영
Hanja
朴相映
Revised Romanization Bak Sangyeong
McCune–Reischauer Pak Sangyŏng

Sang Young Park (born 1988) is a South Korean novelist, TV writer, and essayist. His novel, Love in the Big City , was longlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize [1] and has been translated into multiple languages. [2]

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Life and career

Sang Young Park was born in 1988 in Daegu, South Korea. He studied Journalism and French at Sungkyunkwan University and later pursued graduate studies in Creative Writing at Dongguk University. [3]

Park made his literary debut with his short story collection, The Tears of an Unknown Artist, or Zaytun Pasta (2018). His breakthrough came with the novel Love in the Big City (2019), which was translated into English by Anton Hur and published in 2021 by Grove Atlantic in the United States and Tilted Axis Press in the United Kingdom. [4] The novel was longlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, [5] and the Dublin Literary Award. [6] Also, the French edition (S'aimer dans la grande ville) was longlisted for the Prix Médicis étranger. [7] He is regarded as a prominent young Korean writer on the international stage.

In addition to his literary career, Park has worked as a TV writer. His novel Love in the Big City has been adapted into a television series, which premiered in 2024. [8]

Works in Korean

Novels

Short story collections

Essays and memoirs

Television series

References

  1. ↑ "The 2022 International Booker Prize | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Why So Serious? Sang Young Park's angrily funny work charts a new path for gay fiction". The Yale Review. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sang Young Park: Interview - Love in the Big City". The Booker Prizes. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Love in the Big City. Grove Atlantic . Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  5. ↑ "The 2022 International Booker Prize longlist announced". The Booker Prizes. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Sang Young Park - Dublin Literary Award". Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "La première sélection du Prix Médicis 2024". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  8. ↑ Delgado, Sara (October 15, 2024). "Love in the Big City K-Drama: Where to Watch, Release Date, Cast, and Everything You Need to Know". Teen Vogue . Archived from the original on October 29, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
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