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]

  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.