Nami Mun Explained

Nami Mun
Birth Place:	Seoul, South Korea
Nationality:	Korean American
Education:	University of California, Berkeley University of Michigan (MFA)
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

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

Short stories

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bio. October 17, 2008.
2. Web site: Interview: Nami Mun. 2021-05-19. The Chicagoist.
3. Web site: U-M Department of English: News & Events: Nami Mun wins 2009 Whiting Writers' Award . 2009-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053933/https://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/news/newsDetail.asp?ID=133 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
4. Web site: Tin House :: Back Issues : Issue 22 . 2009-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130011617/http://tinhouse.com//mag/back_issues/archive/issues/issue_22/toc.html . 2010-11-30 . dead .