Emily Jungmin Yoon
Emily Jungmin Yoon is a South Korean–born poet, translator, editor, and scholar. She is an assistant professor of East Asian languages and culture at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[1] She is also the author of two full-length poetry collections: A Cruelty Special to Our Species, published in 2018 by Ecco Press, and Find Me as the Creature I Am, published in 2024 by Knopf.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Yoon was born in Busan, South Korea. She earned a BA at the University of Pennsylvania, an MFA at New York University, and a PhD in East Asian languages and civilizations from the University of Chicago.[4][5]
Career
[edit]For her writing, Yoon has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Aspen Words, and others.[6] Her poems have been published in many literary magazines, including Poetry, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Sewanee Review, and more.[7][8][9][10] Her translations from Korean to English, including of work by Kim Hyesoon, have been published in The Chicago Review, Puerto del Sol, Korean Literature Now, and more.[11][12][13]
In 2015, her poem "An Ordinary Misfortune" was selected by Matthew Lippman for the Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest and later published in the publication's Winter 2015-16 issue.[14] Later, in 2017, "An Ordinary Misfortune" would become a series of poems and comprise the chapbook, Ordinary Misfortunes, which won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize judged by Maggie Smith.[15]
In 2017, Yoon received the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, as well as the Ron Offen Poetry Prize during her doctoral studies at the University of Chicago.[16][17] Her 2018 debut poetry collection, A Cruelty Special to Our Species, then won the Devil's Kitchen Reading Award for poetry and was a finalist for the 2020 Kate Tufts Discovery Award.[18][19] The book was later translated into Korean by Han Yujoo and published by Yolimwon in 2020.[20] In 2019, Yoon edited Against Healing: Nine Korean Poets (Translating Feminisms) with Tilted Axis Press, which features conversations and interviews with women who write and translate in Asia.[21] Later, in 2024, Yoon released her second poetry collection, Find Me as the Creature I Am, published by Knopf.
As of fall 2023, Yoon is an assistant professor of East Asian languages and culture at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where she teaches Korean literature.[5] She is also the poetry editor for The Margins, a publication run by the Asian American Writers' Workshop.[22] In collaboration with her spouse, who also teaches at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, she is currently translating an essay collection by Kim Hyesoon.[5]
Works
[edit]Books
[edit]| Type | Title | Year | Publisher | ISBN | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poetry | A Cruelty Special to Our Species | 2018 | Ecco Press | ISBN 978-0062843685 | [2] |
| Find Me as the Creature I Am | 2024 | Knopf | ISBN 978-0593801185 | [1] | |
| Chapbooks | Ordinary Misfortunes | 2017 | Tupelo Press | ISBN 978-1946482068 | [15] |
| Edited | Against Healing: Nine Korean Poets (Translating Feminisms) | 2019 | Tilted Axis Press | ISBN 978-1911284314 | [21] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Windward: Poet Emily Jungmin Yoon reads at Windward CC literary event | University of Hawaii News". manoa.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ a b Fischer, Bk (December 13, 2018). "A Debut Poet Confronts the Sexual Violence of an Earlier Generation". The New York Times.
- ^ "In Celebration of Find Me as the Creature I Am". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Poets, Academy of American. "Emily Jungmin Yoon". Poets.org. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ a b c Manley, Mackenzie Manley (September 30, 2023). "Hear from Poet Emily Jungmin Yoon at UC's Visiting Writers Series". CityBeat.
- ^ aspen (2017-03-01). "Aspen Words Announces its 2017 Class of Emerging Writer Fellows". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "What Carries Us". The Poetry Foundation. 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Yoon, Emily Jungmin (2021-02-22). ""Related Matters"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Yoon, Emily Jungmin (Winter 2018). "Litany for the Green". The Paris Review.
- ^ "In All the Futures". The Sewanee Review. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "64:04/65:01: Contemporary Korean Poetry". Chicago Review. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Sol, Puerto del (2020-02-28). "Vol 54.1 & 2 The Absence Issue & The Korean Women Writers Issue, Spring 2019". Puerto del Sol. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Park, YeonJeon (September 26, 2017). "Father Who Became a Snake". Korean Literature Now - KLN (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "An Ordinary Misfortune (Emerging Writer's Contest Winner: POETRY)". Ploughshares. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ a b "An interview with Emily Jungmin Yoon – Apogee Journal". Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "PhD student Emily Jungmin Yoon releases debut poetry collection | University of Chicago". news.uchicago.edu. 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Buerck, Brooke. "Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival to be held by SIU". The Daily Egyptian. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Winners & Finalists". Tufts Poetry Awards. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ 몸 안에서 궁글린 목소리들 - 에밀리 정민 윤의 시집 「우리 종족의 특별한 잔인함」에 대하여. 일본군 위안부 문제연구소 웹진 결 KYEOL (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ a b Yoon, Emily Jungmin, ed. (February 14, 2019). Against Healing: Nine Korean Poets (Translating Feminisms). Tilted Axis Press. ISBN 978-1911284314.
- ^ Poetry, Frontier (2023-04-12). "Editors Talk Poetry Acceptances: Emily Jungmin Yoon, Poetry Editor of The Margins | Frontier Poetry - Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry". Frontier Poetry. Retrieved 2024-10-30.