Ji-moon Suh

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서지문 _ Ji-moon Suh^[1]
Born	March 28, 1948 Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea^[2].
Occupation	Writer, Professor, Interpreter, Literary Scholar
Language	Korean, English
Alma Mater	State University of New York
Introduction	Ji-Moon Suh (Korean: 서지문 [sʌ.dʑi.mun]^[3]; born on March 28, 1948) is a South Korean writer, interpreter, professor, and scholar in English and Korean literature.^[4] She has devoted her life to introducing Korean literature to the world of Western literature by interpreting and translating various Korean literary works into English. She has received numerous awards such as PEN award, Korean Literary Award, and Korean Literature Translation Award for her contribution to literature.^[5]
Life
Personal Life	Ji-Moon Suh was born in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea on March 28, 1948. She attended Kyunggi Girls’ High School.^[6] After she graduated from high school, she attended Ewha Womans University^[7] in Seoul, South Korea. She studied English literature and received her bachelor’s degree there. With her bachelor’s degree, she went to the United States of America. She continued to study English literature. She received her MA in English literature from University of West Georgia and earned her doctorate in English literature at the State University of New York. ^[8] Throughout her life, she dedicated herself to English and Korean literature. She worked as a visiting professor at SOAS University of London, where she taught Korean language and literature. From September 1988 to June 1989, ^[9] she served as a research professor at Harvard-Yenching Institute^[10] and Stanford University^[11], during which she strived to introduce Korean literature to the Western world." Since 1978, she has worked as a professor in the department of English Literature at Korea University^[12] and currently remains as an honorary professor.
Career	In the early stages of her career as a literary scholar,Ji-Moon Suh felt the need to introduce Korean literature to the world, especially the Western world, but she realized that it was hard for Korean literature to be known in the Western world due to language barriers. Therefore, she translated Korean literary works into English and published them in English-speaking countries. ^[13]
Award History	Ji-Moon Suh has received various awards in the field of literature. In 1984, she received the Korean Literary Award from the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation. This award is given to those who have contributed to the Korean literary field. With her publications on Korean literary works, she was given this award. ^[14] In 2000, she won the PEN Literary Award for her translation work for The Golden Phoenix. ^[15] In 2014, she won the Korean Literature Translation Award from Literature Translation Institute of Korea, which aims to recognize Korean translators who promote Korea’s literary works and media contents to the world. She won the 12th Korean Literature Translation Award for translating Won-il Kim’s House with a Sunken Courtyard into English.^[16][17]
Works
Publication	Ji-Moon Suh has strived to introduce Korean literature to the Western literary field, and vice versa. ^[18] Edited Book - Remembering the “Forgotten War”: The Korean War Through LIterature and Art (edited by Philip West and Suh Ji-Moon) Authored Books (in chronological order) - Life Skill: Victorian Writing, Research of Thinker’s Theory of Ethics and Beauty (인생의 기술: 빅토리아조 문필, 사상가들의 윤리적미학이론 연구, 1986) - Collection of Columns: Covetting Idiocracy (칼럼집: 어리석음을 탐하여, 1998) - English Collection of Columns: Faces in the Well (영문 칼럼집 Faces in the Well, 2000) - Learning The Analects of Confucius in English 1 & 2 (영어로 배우는 논어 1 &2, 2001) - Confucius, adored by Asia and loved by the West (동양인이 흠모한 공자, 서양인이 사랑한 공자 1&2, 2012) - Ji-Moon Seo’s Life in Novels (서지문의 소설 속 인생, 2013) - Courtly Love seen by British Novel (영국소설을 통해 본 영국신사도의 명암, 2014) - Reading Novels via News 1 (뉴스로 책 읽기 1, 2018) - Ji-Moon Seo’s Novels in the News Media 1 & 2 (서지문의 뉴스로 책 읽기 1 & 2, 2018-2020)
Translation	Ji-Moon Suh went on to translate various Korean folk tales and short stories into English. She began her translation project by collecting short stories which cover experiences during Korea’s major historical periods. Her first translation is an anthology titled The Rainy Spell and Other Korean Stories. Ji-Moon Suh translated two more collections of short stories titled The Descendants of Cain and The Golden Phoenix: Seven Contemporary Korean Short Stories. Later, she pursued translation and became the editor of Brother Enemy: Poems of the Korean War (Korean Voices) ^[19]
Political Opinions and Media Articles
Columns	Ji-Moon Suh is active in speaking out her opinions on social and political issues. She worked as a writer for the social and cultural section of the Chosun Ilbo, one of the major newspapers in South Korea, and other blogs and news media outlets. The example columns are as follows: - Ji-Moon Suh, “An Age When the Lesser Serves The Better [소인이 군자를 講 하는 시대],” Joongang Ilbo, February 9, 2001, https://blog.naver.com/jbh8170/221552387739. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh, an Honorary Professor, What Is There To Give in the Shallow Water? [서지문 고려대 명예교수, 얕은 물에서 나올 게 없지 않나],” Maeil Economics, May 16, 2014, https://www.mk.co.kr/news/society/6080686. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, No income For Our Motherland [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 조국의 불로소득],” Chosun Ilbo, November 21, 2019, https://blog.naver.com/bhkim101/221714273942. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh Column, The Things Young People Do Not Know [서지문 칼럼, 젊은 세대가 모르는 것],” PennMike, April 11, 2019, https://www.pennmike.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=18108. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, One Way To Save The Corporation and the People [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 기업과 국민 살리는 한 가지 방도],” Chosun Ilbo, August 13, 2019, https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/08/12/2019081202921.html?utm_source=nblog&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=news. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, Is an Efficient Education a Sin? [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 수월성 교육이 대역죄라도 되는가?],” Chosun Ilbo, July 16, 2019, https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/07/15/2019071502688.html. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, Judiciary Without a Mast [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 돛대 부러진 사법부],” Chosun Ilbo, January 29, 2019, https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/01/28/2019012802655.html. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, Is President Moon a Genius Diplomat? [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 문대통령은 천재 외교관?],” Chosun Ilbo, July 24, 2019, https://blog.naver.com/gon8256/221594592525. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, An Ally Country Should Not Be Sickened with the Epidemic [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 전염병 같이 앓는 게 우방국 도리 아니다],” Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2020, https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/02/03/2020020304143.html. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, Letters in Prison [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 옥중 서신],” Chosun Ilbo, March 10, 2020, https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/10/2020031000004.html. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, Youth, Will You Live a Tattered Life After Your Freedom Has Been Taken Away? [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 젊은이여, 자유를 빼앗기고 남루한 삶을 사려는가?],” Chosun Ilbo, April 13, 2020, https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/04/13/2020041304008.html. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, Government That Even Divides A Bean [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 쪽박조차 깨는 정부],” Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2020, https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/02/24/2020022403873.html. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Deep Read, Authorities Sexual Assault is an Instinct To Rob And Conquer Women [서지문의 Deep Read, 권력자 성추행 동기는 약탈본능… 여성에 대한 지배욕 충족 행위],” Munhwa Ilbo, July 21, 2020, https://blog.naver.com/mamafruit/222037283059. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, What COVID Has Taken and What Tt Couldn’t Take [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 코로나가 쓸어간 것, 코로나도 척결 못 한것],” Chosun Ilbo, March 24, 2020, https://blog.naver.com/qtrade/221870029103. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Reading Novels via News, What Is The Left Wing Party Trying To Prove in the Sewol Incident? [서지문의 뉴스로 책읽기, 이 좌파 정부는 세월호 사고의 원인에 대해 어떤 가설을 입증하겠다는 것일까],” Chosun Ilbo, April 29, 2020, https://blog.naver.com/kimhs2769/221936205344. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Ji-Moon Suh’s Appeal, Asking Candidate Ahn, Cheol Soo’s Resignation [서지문 교수의 호소문, 안철수 후보의 사퇴를 권하며],” SNS, February 26, 2022, https://blog.naver.com/parkae26/222658683720. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Need to Halt For Unity [‘화합’을 위한 정지작업],” Facebook, April 10, 2022, https://blog.naver.com/kimks0184/222696661137. - Ji-Moon Suh, “Tuesday Invitation, What Matters More Than Freedom [화요초대석, 오늘 여기 자유보다 시급한 것],” Maeil News, October 17, 2022, https://news.imaeil.com/page/view/2022101714092569174. - Ji-Moon Suh, “When Authorities Close Their Ears, Readers Revive [권력은 완전히 귀 막고, 독자는 살맛 난다 했다],” Chosun Ilbo, May 8, 2020, https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/05/08/2020050800080.html.
Columns

^[1] Naver, Suh, Ji-moon information page, Naver, https://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=top_hty&fbm=1&ie=utf8&query=%EC%84%9C%EC%A7%80%EB%AC%B8.

^[2] Hanple, Information page for Ji-moon Suh, Hanple.com, http://people.hanple.com/people.php?cmd=view&pp_no=18573.

^[3] Wikipedia, Help:IPA/Korean, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean.

^[4] Aladin, Suh, Ji-moon information page, Aladin, https://www.aladin.co.kr/author/wauthor_overview.aspx?AuthorSearch=@110887&partner=bookprice.

^[5] Pen International Fan Club, Past Pen Literature Award Winners, Pen International, https://www.penkorea.or.kr/boards/view/historyaward/87/page:2 .

^[6] Yes24, Suh, Ji-moon information, Yes24, http://www.yes24.com/24/AuthorFile/Author/244675.

^[7] Wikipedia, Ewha Womans University, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewha_Womans_University.

^[9] Suh Ji-Moon Introduction Profile, https://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=tab_etc&mra=bjky&x_csa=%7B%22fromUi%22%3A%22kb%22%7D&pkid=1&os=1909866&qvt=0&query=%EC%84%9C%EC%A7%80%EB%AC%B8%20%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%ED%95%84

^[13] Fulbright Scholar Program, Suh, Ji-Moon information page, Fulbright Scholar Program, https://fulbrightscholars.org/grantee/ji-moon-suh.

^[14] Suh Ji-Moon Introduction Profile, https://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=tab_etc&mra=bjky&x_csa=%7B%22fromUi%22%3A%22kb%22%7D&pkid=1&os=1909866&qvt=0&query=%EC%84%9C%EC%A7%80%EB%AC%B8%20%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%ED%95%84.

^[15] Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, International PEN Korean HeadQuarter Information, https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0006484.

^[16] Korean Literature Translation Institution, Korean Literature Translation Institution Home Page, https://www.ltikorea.or.kr/kr/main.do.

^[17] Korea Herald, Translation award honors Suh, Ji-moon, Korean Herald, Published: Nov 18, 2014, https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141118000987.

^[18] Fulbright Scholar Program, Suh, Ji-Moon information page, Fulbright Scholar Program, https://fulbrightscholars.org/grantee/ji-moon-suh.

^[19] “Brother Enemy: Poems of the Korean War (Korean Voices”, https://www.yes24.com/Product/Goods/1285829.

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