Hye-yeon Noh at the GSTI Won the Fiction Grand Prize of the 54th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards
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Hye-yeon Noh, a student majoring in Korean-English translation at the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation (GSTI), won the Fiction Grand Prize of the 54th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award. She received the prize for her English translation of “Sakuteiki,” a short story by novelist Ji-yeon Kim. (The short story is in Words Without Heart, Ji-yeon Kim’s short stories collection published by Munhakdongne in 2022) The judges commented that Noh’s translation is faithful to the subtleties of the original and maintains focus on the mood and tone of the story.
The Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards by The Korea Times is an annual translation competition that has helped Korean literature rise to global prominence. Many faculty and alumni members of the Ewha GSTI started their careers as literary translators with this prestigious award with a 54-year-long history. The sponsors of this year were KB Financial Group and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The winner’s translation and the judges’ report appeared in The Korea Times on November 13th.