Nami Mun
Appearance
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Born | Seoul, South Korea |
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Nationality | Korean American |
Education | University of California, Berkeley University of Michigan (MFA) |
Notable awards | Whiting Award (2009) |
Nami Mun is a Korean American novelist and short story writer.[1]
Life
[edit]Nami Mun was born in Seoul, South Korea, though she grew up in The Bronx.[2] She graduated from University of California, Berkeley, and from the University of Michigan, with an MFA.[3]
Her stories have been published in Granta, Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Iowa Review, Evergreen Review, Witness, Bat City Review, and Tin House.[4]
Awards
[edit]- 2012 Chicago Public Library 21st Century Award
- 2009 Orange Prize finalist
- 2009 Whiting Award
Works
[edit]Books
[edit]- Miles From Nowhere. Penguin Group. 2009. ISBN 978-1-59448-854-2.
Short stories
[edit]- "The Anniversary". Granta (114: Aliens). Spring 2011. (Subscription Required)
References
[edit]- ^ "Bio". October 17, 2008.
- ^ "Interview: Nami Mun". The Chicagoist. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "U-M Department of English: News & Events: Nami Mun wins 2009 Whiting Writers' Award". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
- ^ "Tin House :: Back Issues : Issue 22". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
External links
[edit]- Profile at The Whiting Foundation
- "Miles from Nowhere website"
- "Interview: Nami Mun", Chicagoist
- "Interview: novelist Nami Mun", San Francisco metblogs
- "Nami Mun revisits being homeless", Minnesota Public Radio, Euan Kerr, January 15, 2009