Grace Jung
Grace Jung is a Korean American stand-up comedian, writer, translator and film producer. She is the author of the novel Deli Ideology, about a college graduate working in a delicatessen during the recession after 2008.
In 2016, her translation of 벌레 이야기 by Yi Chong-jun was published in Two Stories from Korea: "The Wounded" and "The Abject".
Jung has also translated a collection of select short stories by Kim Tongin which was published by Honford Star in 2017 entitled 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 is currently a PhD candidate in Cinema and Media Studies at UCLA. She is a former Fulbright Scholar.Awards
