About

Cho Nam-Joo is a South-Korean author whose novel, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, has been a runaway bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally, is the most important book to have come out of South Korea since Han Kang’s The Vegetarian. This has been followed by novels and short stories including Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories. In a nation where gender roles have been strictly defined, her writing has brought female voices to the fore and challenged the stereotypical portrayal and expectations of women. Cho Nam-Joo will elaborate on her novels and the inspirations that led her to establish her own worlds in literature.

The author will be in conversation with Canisia Lubrin.

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

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Cho Nam-Joo

Cho Nam-Joo is a former television scriptwriter who subverted the landscape of feminist discourse in Korea with her international bestseller, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, which sold in twenty-five countries and was longlisted for the National Book Award. She graduated from the Department of Sociology of Ewha Womans University and is the author of the dystopian thriller Saha.

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Canisia Lubrin

Canisia Lubrin’s books include Voodoo Hypothesis and The Dyzgraphxst. Lubrin’s work has been recognized with the Griffin Poetry Prize, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry, the Derek Walcott Prize, the Writer’s Trust of Canada Rising Stars prize and others.

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