Ook Chung
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, Montréal, L’Hexagone. (ISBN 2890065146)
- 2001: Le Clézio, une écriture prophétique, Paris, Imago. (ISBN 2911416481)
- 2001: Kimchi, Paris, Le Serpent à plumes. (ISBN 2842612620)
- 2003: L'Expérience interdite, Montréal, Boréal. (ISBN 2764602391)
- 2003: Contes Butô, Montréal, Boréal. (ISBN 2764602529)
References