Hwang Jung-eun


Hwang Jung Eun is a South Korean writer and podcast celebrity.

Life

Hwang was born in Seoul, South Korea. She dropped out of Incheon National University. Hwang learned Korean at a younger age than most kids and was skilled in learning new words. She started writing books after her short story "Mother" was selected in the Novel Field of 2005 Kyunghyang Sinmun Annual Spring Literary Contest.

Work

After her debut, Hwang won the 2010 Hanguk Ilbo Literature Award. Her work "Into the World of Passi" won the Shin Dong Yeob Literature award in 2013.
Hwang hosted two podcasts. One was the "Author's Room" section of the 2012 Sound of Munjang and the other one was “Radio Book Dabang” from January 2013 to May 2015. Her latest book is Let Me Continue. Hwang's work Kong’s Garden was translated into English by Asia Publisher. She was one of four featured speakers at a bilingual author’s roundtable in Myeongdong Seoul on September 12, 2015.
Korean Literature Now Magazine sums up Hwang's work:

Awards

Novels

Novels