Grace Jung

Grace Jung (정현주, born February 20, 1987) is a Korean American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and filmmaker.^[1]^[2] She is the author of the non-fiction book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television published by Running Press and Hachette Book Group. The book is an extension of her podcast K-Drama School.^[3]

She is also the author of the novel Deli Ideology, about a college graduate working in a delicatessen during the recession.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Jung translated literature by Korean authors such as Yi Chong-jun, Yi Sang and Kim Tong-in.^[7]^[8]

Biography

Jung was born in Busan, South Korea, and immigrated to Brooklyn, New York in 1992. She earned her B.A. in English Literature at Pace University. She has a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA. She is a former Fulbright Scholar.^[9]

Awards

Academy of American Poets Prize^[10]
Fulbright Research Scholarship ^[11]

References

^ https://laist.com/shows/airtalk/californias-home-insurance-crisis-grows-with-introduction-of-gov-newsoms-new-bill#new-book-k-drama-school
^ https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906043/grace-jungs-k-drama-school-unpacks-a-pop-culture-phenomenon
^ "K-Drama School". K-Drama School. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
^ "Grace Jung's debut novel "Deli Ideology" explores Korean American identity & history". Reappropriate. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ Marshall, Colin. "Colin Marshall interviews Grace Jung". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ Rostad, Rachel (17 June 2014). "Books: Grace Jung's Deli Ideology". Hyphen. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ Cheong-Jun, Yi (2016). Lee, Jennifer; Jung, Grace (eds.). Two Stories from Korea: "The Wounded" and "The Abject". MerwinAsia. ISBN 978-1-937385-83-5.
^ https://www.gracejungcomedy.com/publications
^ "Terry's Stories". Cortland Review. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
^ https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00GHUR9WY/about
^ https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00GHUR9WY/about