Ook Chung Explained

Ook Chung, born in Japan in 1963, is a Québécois writer.^{[1] [2]} Chung was born to Korean parents in Japan and immigrated to Canada^[3] at the age of 2. He studied French literature at McGill and Concordia universities before obtaining his doctorate at McGill.

Awards

• 2002: John Glassco Prize (translation into French of Kerri Sakamoto's The Electrical Field)
• 2002: Prix littéraire Canada-Japon (Kimchi)
• 2000: Prix littéraire Canada-Japon (Proposed but never realized Testament de Tokyo)

Works

• 1994: Nouvelles orientales et désorientées, Montreal, L'Hexagone.
• 2001: Le Clézio, une écriture prophétique, Paris, Imago.
• 2001: Kimchi, Paris, Le Serpent à plumes.
• 2003: L'Expérience interdite, Montreal, Boréal.
• 2003: Contes Butô, Montreal, Boréal.
• 2012: La Trilogie coréenne, Montreal, Boréal.
• 2021: La jeune fille de la paix, Montreal.

Notes and References

1. News: Montpetit . Caroline. L'amant de l'ombre. 21 December 2010. Le Devoir. French. 11 October 2003.
2. News: Porter. Isabelle. Ook Chung remporte le Prix des collégiens. 21 December 2010. French. Le Devoir. 17 April 2004.
3. Book: Ook Chung. L'Experience interdite. (Book Review). World Literature Today. 21 December 2010. 1 September 2004. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110615070707/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-830207/Ook-Chung-L-Experience-interdite.html. 15 June 2011.