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Born in 1976, Hwang Jungeun is a leading voice in contemporary Korean literature. She has won many of Korean's most prestigious awards, including the Daesan Literary Award, Korean Booksellers' Award, and the Shin Dongyup Prize for Literature. Her novel One Hundred Shadows, described by Han Kang as 'unforgettable, ' along with Years and Years, was published in the US in 2024. e. yaewon 이예원 translates from and into Korean. She has translated many prominent Korean authors into English, including 2024 Nobel laureate Han Kang, Hwang Jungeun, and Jessica Au.
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