Grace Jung (Шаблон:Lang, born February 20, 1987) is a Korean American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and filmmaker.[1] She is the author of the novel Deli Ideology, about a college graduate working in a delicatessen during the recession.[2][3][4] She hosts K-Drama School podcast.[5] Jung's first non-fiction book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television is forthcoming at Running Press.Шаблон:Citation needed
In 2016, her translation of 벌레 이야기 by Yi Chong-jun was published in Two Stories from Korea: "The Wounded" and "The Abject".[6] Jung has also translated a collection of select short stories by Kim Tongin which was published by Honford Star in 2017 entitled Sweet Potato.[7]
Jung was born in Busan, South Korea, and immigrated to Brooklyn, New York in 1992. She earned her B.A. in English Literature at Pace University. She has a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA. She is a former Fulbright Scholar.[8]
