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Spring 2023 • Vol. XLV No. 2 • Translation Folio |

The Aspiration for “Cha-Ka-Ta-Pa”

By Bae Myung-hoon, translated by Sung Ryu

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Bae Myung-hoon is an acclaimed South Korean writer of science fiction known for his inventive world-building and biting political humor. His debut story collection, Tower (Honford Star, 2021), is the first Korean science fiction book by a single author to be translated into English. Bae has written more than a dozen novels and short-story collections, an essay collection, and a sci-fi children’s book.

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Sung Ryu is a Korean English translator who has called South Korea, the US, Canada, and Singapore home. Her translations include Tower by Bae Myung-hoon (Honford Star, 2021), Shoko’s Smile by Choi Eunyoung (Penguin Books, 2021), and I’m Waiting for You: And Other Stories by Kim Bo-Young (cotranslated with Sophie Bowman, Harper Voyager, 2021).

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