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Ook Chung, born in Japan in 1963, is a Québécois writer. Chung was born to Korean parents in Japan and immigrated to Canada 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

One of the illustrations in La jeune fille de la paix is this image of the Peace Statue in Berlin

References

  1. Montpetit, Caroline (11 October 2003). "L'amant de l'ombre". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. Porter, Isabelle (17 April 2004). "Ook Chung remporte le Prix des collégiens". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. Ook Chung. L'Experience interdite. (Book Review). World Literature Today. 1 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2010.


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