Cheon Unyeong (, born 1971) is a modern South Korean writer.

Life

Cheon Unyeong was born in 1971 in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, South Korea. She studied

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Seoul Institute of the Arts Seoul Institute of the Arts () is an arts university in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The Namsan campus in Seoul is used for presentation of arts productions and convergence with industry. The Ansan Campus opened in 2001 and is used for ...

, and graduated from

Hanyang University Hanyang University (HYU, ) is a Private university, private research university in Seoul and Ansan (ERICA campus), South Korea. ''Hanyang'' () derives from the Names of Seoul, former name of the capital Seoul used during the Joseon period. The u ...

with a

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. She attended graduate school at

Korea University Korea University (KU, ) is a Private university, private research university in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1905 by Yi Yong-ik, Lee Yong-Ik, a prominent official of the Korean Empire, Korea University is among South Korea's oldest List of ...

's School of Literature. Although Cheon Unyeong has only produced two volumes of short stories, she is considered a groundbreaking Korean author, and her works have been the subject of much analysis and critical acclaim.

Career

The

Literature Translation Institute of Korea The Literature Translation Institute of Korea (, LTI Korea, formerly known as Korean Literature Translation Fund) was founded in 1996 by the Government of South Korea with the aim of promoting Korean literature and culture overseas. LTI Korea r ...

summarizes Cheon's work:

Works

Works in translation

* ''Adieu le cirque!'' ()

Works in Korean (partial)

* ''The Needle'' (, 2001) * ''Myeongrang'' (, 2004)

References

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