Kang Young-sook

Kang Young-sook (; born 1967) is a South Korean novelist.

Life and career

Kang Young-sook was born in 1967 in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province in South Korea and spent most of her childhood there. She was student athlete for volleyball, long jump, and other sports, before she moved to Seoul when she was 14. She majored creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She was the editor in chief of the Seoul Institute of the Arts journal and in 1998 made her literary debut with the short story "A Meal in August" through the annual spring literary competition sponsored by the Seoul Shinmun. which is involved in various social campaigns including the Christian social movement, environmental activism, and encouraging discussions between different religions. In 2009, Kang did a guest residency at the International Writing Program of University of Iowa. Truck, Jeon Seung-hee(translator), David William Hong(editor), Bi-Lingual Edition Modern Korean Literature, Seoul, Korea, 2014. Rina, Kim Boram(translator), Library of Korean Literature, Dalkey Archive Press, Texas, US, 2015. ライティングクラブ(Writing Club), 文茶影(Moon Chakage, translator),現代企畵室(Gendaikikakushitsu), 東京(Tokyo), Japan, 2017. 2011 [Baek Shin-Ae Literature Award] 2006 Hankook Ilbo Literary Award 2017 [Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award]