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Seung-Hee Jeon (전승희, 1957-) is one of the leading contemporary translators of Korean literature, as well as a literary scholar and critic. Her translations include the 2016 Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Han Kang’s Convalescence (2013) and Bang Hyeon-seok’s novel Time to Eat Lobster (2016), which was selected for “75 Notable Translations of the Year” by World Literature Today. She has been honored with a Fulbright Grant, a Korea Foundation Fellowship, and two Daesan Foundation Translation grants (2011 and 2016). She is a research professor at Yonsei University; a senior editor at Asia Publishers in Seoul, Korea; and a research associate at the Korea Institute of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

EDUCATION
 * Ph.D. 	Harvard University, Comparative Literature
 * Ph.D. 	Seoul National University, English Literature.
 * M.A. 	Seoul National University, English Literature.
 * B.A. 	Seoul National University, Foreign Language Education.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 * Time to Eat Lobster and Other Stories by Bang Hyun-seok. Portland, ME: Merwin Asia, 2015.
 * Danny by Yun I-hyeong. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2015.
 * Kong’s Garden by Hwang Jung-eun. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2015.
 * Dinner With Buffet by Park Min-gyu. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2014.
 * My Clint Eastwood by Oh Han-ki. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2014.
 * Dishonored by Choi Min-woo. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2014.
 * Hyehwa-dong Rotary by Jeong Jia. Dublin: Centre for Literary Translation, Trinity College, 2014.
 * Excerpt from Kim Nam-il’s Ch’a Sang-mun, the Genius Rabbit, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature and Culture, 7, 2014.
 * Bird by Jeon Seong-tae. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2014.
 * Hyeja’s Snow-Flowers by Chun Seung-sei. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2014.
 * People I Letf in Shanghai by Gong Sun-ok. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2014.
 * Spring Night by Kwon Yeo-sun. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2014.
 * Underwear by Kim Nam-il. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2014.
 * Traversing Afternoon by Ha Seong-nan. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * In the Shade of the Oleander by Song Sok-ze. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * Akeldama by Park Sang-ryoong. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.*
 * A Well in My Soul by Choi In-seok. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * Slow Bullet by Lee Dae-hwan. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * Land of Excrement by Nam Jong-hyon. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * Convalescence by Han Kang. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * Spring at Silsangsa Temple by Chong Do-sang. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * Traversing Afternoon by Ha Song-ran. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * The Flag by Hong Hui-dam. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2013.
 * Poor Man’s Wife by Eun Hee-kyung. Seoul: Asia Publishers, 2012.

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS


 * Daesan Foundation Translation Grant, August 2016 and August 2011.
 * Translated book selected for “75 Notable Translations of the Year” by World Literature Today, 2015.
 * Travel Grant, Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, Summer 2006.
 * Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University, 2005-2006.
 * Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1988-89.

References
 * Bang Hyeon-seok, Time to Eat Lobster (MerwinAsia, 2016)
 * Han Kang, Convalescence (Asia, 2016)