Ahry Jeon is a Korean-English literary translator and writer based in Brooklyn.Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, and she has received support from the American Literary Translators Association, the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, and the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, among others. Her translation of "Love Grafting Hospital" by Lim Sunwoo is forthcoming in khōréō (December 2026).
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I translate contemporary Korean literature, with a particular interest in fiction that explores questions of gender, identity, memory, and social belonging. The following is a short selection of Korean literary works I’m excited to bring to English-language publishers.
Grandma Judy by Park Wansuh
Short story collection, 2026Bodies and Confessions by Lee Seosu
Linked short-story collection, 2024Night Above by Lim Sunwoo
Short story collection, 2026Bright Night by Choi Eunyoung
Novel, 2021Rhythm of the Open Sea by Kim Mella
Novel, 2025
*All titles are eligible for publication support from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea. You can find more information about the funding program at KLWave.