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Paul Yoon (born 1980) is an American fiction writer. In 2010 The National Book Foundation named him a 5 Under 35 honoree.

Early life and education

Yoon's grandfather was a North Korean refugee who resettled in South Korea, where he later founded an orphanage.[1][2] Yoon graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1998[3] and Wesleyan University in 2002.[4][5]

Career

His first book, Once the Shore, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book;[6] a Los Angeles Times,[7] San Francisco Chronicle,[8] Publishers Weekly,[9] and Minneapolis Star Tribune[10] Best Book of the Year; and a National Public Radio Best Debut of the Year.[11] His work has appeared in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories collection,[12] and he is the recipient of a 5 under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation.[13] His novel, Snow Hunters, won the 2014 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award.[14] His 2023 story collection, The Hive and the Honey, won The Story Prize for short story collections published in 2023.[15]

Recently[when?] a part of the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars, Yoon is now a Briggs-Copeland lecturer at Harvard University.[16]

Personal life

Yoon lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, Laura van den Berg.[17]

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

  • 2009: Once the Shore ISBN 978-1932511703
  • 2017: The Mountain ISBN 978-1501154089
  • 2023: The Hive and the Honey

References

  1. ^ MacAllen, Ian (February 3, 2020). "Paul Yoon Discusses Run Me To Earth". English Kills Review. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Elijah Wood; Ben Schwartz; Paul Yoon". Late Night with Seth Meyers. Season 7. Episode 63. February 6, 2020. NBC.
  3. ^ Pilson, Dana. "Exonians In Review" (PDF). Phillips Exeter Communications Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ^ "SLC Faculty: Paul Yoon". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. ^ Gould, Phoebe (10 September 2013). "Paul Yoon Authors Snow Hunters". The Phillipian. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  6. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2009 - The New York Times". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  7. ^ "Favorite fiction of 2009 from the L.A. Times". LA Times Blogs - Jacket Copy. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  8. ^ "The 100 best fiction, nonfiction books of 2009". SFGate. 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  9. ^ "Best Books of 2009". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  10. ^ "Holiday books 2009". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  11. ^ Freeman, John (18 December 2009). "The Best Debut Fiction Of 2009". NPR. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  12. ^ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  13. ^ [1] [dead link]
  14. ^ "Author Paul Yoon wins 2014 Young Lions Fiction Award for Snow Hunters".
  15. ^ "Shelf Awareness". Shelf Awreness. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Paul Yoon". Harvard University. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  17. ^ Sutherland, Amy (August 3, 2017). "Paul Yoon is a big fan of new fiction with a soft spot for classics". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  18. ^ Henderson, Jane (4 August 2013). "60 years after Korean War, slim novel tells POW's story". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  19. ^ "Book Marks reviews of Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon". Book Marks. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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