Academic Background

M.A. in communication from Seoul National University (March 2004 - August 2006)

B.A. in journalism from Kwangwoon University (March 1995 - August 2003)

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Debut as a writer

"Hijack the City Tour Bus", short story (in: Quarterly Changbi Creation and Criticism, 2010)

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Awards

36th Author of Today Prize in 2012 ("Person of Ability", novel published by Minumsa)

13th Changbi New Fiction Prize in 2010 ("Hijack the City Tour Bus", short story published by Minumsa)

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Published Books

I See Hope in Your Eyes, essays (Harmonious Life, 2010)

Person of Ability, novel (Minumsa, 2012)

An Epic of Youth, Wandering, Frustration, and Tears, prose collection (Joy of Sympathy, 2012)

Cool Woman, novel (Dasan Books, 2013)

History of Poong, novel (Minumsa, 2014)

Hijack the City Tour Bus, short story collection (Changbi, 2014)

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Published Short Stories

"The End of Bruce the Foreigner, Which could not be told in the Busan Accent" (Munye Joongang Culture, 2011 summer edition)

"Sorry, Who Is This?" (Munjang Webzine, August 2011)

"What Is a Nation-State?" (Literature of the World, 2012 winter issue)

"Hijack the City Tour Bus, Continued" (Munjang Webzine, August 2013)

"Your Fur Is Okay" (Silcheon Munhak, 2013 winter issue)