Chi-Young Kim

About The Author

Chi-Young Kim is a literary translator based in Los Angeles. A graduate of Wesleyan University, she is the recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize (2011), the Korea Literature Translation Institute Translation Grant (2011), the Daesan Foundation Translation Grant (2013, 2008, 2005), and the 34th Modern Korean Literature Translation Award (2003). Her translations include Kyung-sook Shin's Please Look After Mom (Knopf, 2011), Kyung Ran Jo's Tongue (Bloomsbury, 2009), Young-ha Kim's Your Republic Is Calling You (Mariner Books, 2010) and I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (Harvest Books, 2007), and Lee Dong-ha's Toy City (Koryo Press, 2007).

Books by Chi-Young Kim

The Hen Who Dreamed she Could Fly

The heart-warming international bestseller

By Sun-mi Hwang
Illustrated by Kazuko Nomoto / Translated by Chi-Young Kim
'Bewitching' Independent

'A very special little book. I absolutely loved it.' NYT-bestselling author Lisa See

THE UNFORGETTABLE KOREAN BESTSELLER CAPTIVATING READERS ACROSS THE WORLD

This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to...
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