Gu Byeong-mo | |
|---|---|
 Gu Byeong-mo at the Guadalajara International Book Fair | |
| Born | Jeong Yu-gyeong |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 구병모 |
| Revised Romanization | Gu Byeong-mo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ku Pyŏng-mo |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 정유경 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Yu-gyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Yu-gyŏng |
Gu Byeong-mo (Hangul 구병모; born 1976) is a South Korean writer. She made her literary debut in 2009 when her novel Wizard Bakery (위저드 베이커리 Wizard Bakery) won the 2nd Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Her 2015 short story collection Geugeosi namaneun anigireul (그것이 나만은 아니기를 I Hope It's Not Just Me) received the Today's Writer Award and Hwang Sun-won New Writers' Award. She penned the novels Pigeumallion aideul (피그말리온 아이들 The Pygmalion Children), Agami (아가미 Gills), and Bangjuro oseyo (방주로 오세요 Come to Bangju) as well as the short story collection Gouineun anijiman (고의는 아니지만 I Didn't Mean to But).[1] Gu's debut novel Wijeodeu Beikeori was translated into Spanish by Minjeong Jeong and Irma Zyanja Gil Yáñez. They received the 24th Daesan Literary Award in 2016 for their translation.[2]
- ^ "구병모 | 창비 – Changbi Publishers". www.changbi.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "『위저드 베이커리』 스페인어 번역 제24회 대산문학상 번역 부문 수상 | 창비 – Changbi Publishers". www.changbi.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-09-26.