E. J. Koh

E. J. Koh (Korean: 고은지, romanized: Go Eun-ji) is an American poet, author and translator of Korean literature whose memoir The Magical Language of Others was released by Tin House Books in 2020 and received the 2021 Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir[1] and the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Award.[2] Her poetry collection A Lesser Love was published by LSU Press in 2017 won the Pleiades Press Editors Prize.[3][4]

Koh is the recipient of The Virginia Faulkner Award and fellowships from the American Literary Translators Association,[5] Jack Straw Writers Program,[6] Kundiman (nonprofit organization), MacDowell Colony,[7] Napa Valley Writers' Conference, and Vermont Studio Center.[8]

Early life and education

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Koh was born in 1988 in San Jose, California.[9] Koh earned her MFA at Columbia University in New York for Creative Writing and Literary Translation. She is completing her PhD at the University of Washington in English Language and Literature.[10]

Career

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Her memoir, The Magical Language of Others, published in 2020, weaves the stories of four generations of women in Koh's family. Interspersed with letters exchanged between mother and daughter, the text illustrates how language ties them together.[11]

Bibliography

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  • The Magical Language of Others, New York : Tin House, 2020. ISBN 9781951142278
  • A Lesser Love: LSU Press, 2017. ISBN 9780807167779

References

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  1. ^ "Washington State Book Awards 2021!". 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. ^ "Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards". NW Book Lovers. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ "The Magical Language of Others with E.J. Koh". www.koreasociety.org. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ "E. J. Koh - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  5. ^ "Meet the '17 Mentees: E.J. Koh | The American Literary Translators Association". www.literarytranslators.org. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  6. ^ "Jack Straw Writers Program". www.jackstraw.org. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  7. ^ "E. J. Koh - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  8. ^ "Poetry Foundation". 26 May 2021.
  9. ^ "E.J. Koh's Memoir The Magical Language of Others Is a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Korean Genius". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  10. ^ "E. J. Koh". Tin House. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  11. ^ "Briefly Noted Book Reviews". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
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