Hwang Jung-eun


Hwang Jung Eun is a South Korean writer and podcast celebrity.

Life

Hwang was born in Seoul, South Korea. She dropped out of Incheon National University. Hwang learned Korean at a younger age than most kids and was skilled in learning new words. She started writing books after her short story "Mother" was selected in the Novel Field of 2005 Kyunghyang Sinmun Annual Spring Literary Contest.

Work

After her debut, Hwang won the 2010 Hanguk Ilbo Literature Award. Her work "Into the World of Passi" won the Shin Dong Yeob Literature award in 2013.
Hwang hosted two podcasts. One was the "Author's Room" section of the 2012 Sound of Munjang and the other one was “Radio Book Dabang” from January 2013 to May 2015. Her latest book is Let Me Continue. Hwang's work Kong’s Garden was translated into English by Asia Publisher. She was one of four featured speakers at a bilingual author's roundtable in Myeongdong Seoul on September 12, 2015.
Korean Literature Now Magazine sums up Hwang's work:

Awards

  • 2010 Hanguk Ilbo Literary Award: One hundred Shadows
  • 2012 Shin Dong-yep Literature Award: "Mr. Pah's Introduction"
  • 2013 The Young Authors Prize: "Eagles In The Upper Stream"
  • 2015 Daesan Literature Award: I'll Go On
  • 2017 Kim Yujung Literature Award: ''The man who laughs''

    Works in Korean (partial)

Novels

  • One Hundred Shadows Translated as One hundred shadows, Tilted Axis Press, 2016
  • Barbaric Mr. Alice
  • I'll Go On Translated as I'll go on, Tilted Axis Press, 2018
  • dd's Umbrella Translated as dd's Umbrella, Tilted Axis Press, 2025

    Short story/novel collections

  • The Seven Thirty-two Elephant Train
  • Mr. Pah's Introduction
  • Being Nobody Includes short story, Kong's future, translated as Kong's Garden, Asia Publishers, 2015

    Translation in English

Novels

  • Kong's Garden
  • One Hundred Shadows
  • I'll Go on
  • ''Year After Year''