Sung J. Woo
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Sung J. Woo | |
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Born | Seoul, South Korea | June 8, 1971
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Korean-American |
Education | Cornell University (BA) New York University (MFA) |
Sung J. Woo (born June 8, 1971) is a Korean-American writer of three works of fiction.[citation needed] He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
Personal
Woo came to the United States in 1981, when he was ten years old. He grew up in Ocean Township, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in English from Cornell University in 1994 and received his M.F.A. in creative writing from New York University in 2006. Woo currently lives in Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey.[1]
Works
Woo's short story Limits received the 2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest Editor's Choice Award from Carve Magazine.[2]
Woo has also published non-fiction. His essays have been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine and KoreAm Journal.
Bibliography
Short stories
- Limits (2008)
Novels
- Everything Asian (2009), ISBN 978-0-312-53885-9.
- Love Love (2015), ISBN 978-1-593-76617-7.
- Skin Deep (2020), ISBN 978-1-947-99395-2.
- Deep Roots (2023), ISBN 978-1-957-95737-1.
References
- ^ Sung J. Woo, Macmillan author bio, http://us.macmillan.com/author/sungjwoo
- ^ Sung J. Woo, Limits, "Sung J. Woo - Limits". Archived from the original on 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
External links
- Sung J. Woo: Official homepage
- The New York Times Magazine, Lives: "Like Father?"
- The New York Times, Generations: "Not Just a Place for Food, but for Bonding"
- The New York Times, Modern Love: "Overfed on a Mother’s Affection"
- The New York Times, Private Lives: "Saying ‘I Love You’ With Baseball"
- The New York Times, Ties: "The Unexpected Branch on the Family Tree"
- WBUR Modern Love Podcast: "Overfed On A Mother's Affection | With Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon"
- Sung J Woo at Library of Congress Authorities
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