Cheon Myeong-kwan

Cheon Myeong-kwan
천명관
Born (1964-01-01) 1 January 1964 (age 60)
Yongin, South Korea
OccupationNovelist, Screenwriter
NationalitySouth Korean
In this Korean name, the family name is Cheon.

Cheon Myeong-kwan (Korean: 천명관; Hanja: 千明官, the romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea[1]) (born 1964) is a South Korean novelist, screenwriter and film director. His novel Modern Family was adapted into the film Boomerang Family in 2013.[2] The translation of his novel Whale was shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize.

  1. ^ Hyeyoung Kim. "Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database - LTI Korea Library - LibGuides at Literature Translation Institute of Korea". Klti.libguides.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database". LTI Korea. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.