Discover the shortlist: Anton Hur, ‘My most marketable skillset is translation'
The translator reveals the far-reaching impact A.S. Byatt’s work has on his life and how a misspelling in Spot left him feeling scandalised as a child.
Anton Hur
Anton Hur was born in Sweden in 1981 and raised in Hong Kong, Ethiopia and Thailand - but mostly in Korea, where he has lived for 30 years.
Hur has translated Man Asia Literary Prize-winner Kyung-Sook Shin’s The Court Dancer and Violets, Booker International Prize-longlisted Hwang Sok-yong’s The Prisoner, and many others. He won a PEN/Heim grant for his translation of Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny. He currently lives in Seoul.
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- By
- Bora Chung
- Translated by
- Anton Hur
- Published by
- Honford Star
Shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. Bora Chung presents a genre-defying collection of short stories, which blur the lines between magical realism, horror and science fiction. Translated by Anton Hur.
- By
- Sang Young Park
- Translated by
- Anton Hur
- Published by
- Tilted Axis Press
An energetic, joyful, and moving novel that depicts both the glittering night-time world of Seoul, and the bleary-eyed morning after. Translated by Anton Hur.
