jake levine

JAKE LEVINE HAS WRITTEN AND TRANSLATED OR CO-TRANSLATED OVER A DOZEN BOOKS. THEY INCLUDE COLLECTIONS OF POEMS BY KIM KYUNG JU, KIM MINJEONG, KIM HAENGSOOK, HWANG YUWON, SEO DAEKYUNG, HA JAEYON, AND MORE. HIS CO-TRANSLATION OF KIM YIDEUM’S HYSTERIA (ACTION BOOKS, 2019) WAS A FINALIST FOR THE SARAH MAGUIRE PRIZE AND THE FIRST BOOK TO BE AWARDED BOTH THE NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD AND THE LUCIEN STRYK PRIZE. HIS LATEST FULL-LENGTH BOOK OF POETRY, THE IMAGINED COUNTRY IS OUT WITH TOLSUN BOOKS. HE IS A FORMER FULBRIGHT FELLOW (TO LITHUANIA IN 2010), A RECIPIENT OF A KOREAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP, SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT EDITOR AT ACTA KOREANA, AS A POETRY EDITOR AT SPORK PRESS, AND AS THE MANAGING EDITOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AT SONORA REVIEW. HE FOUNDED AND CURRENTLY EDITS THE AWARD-WINNING CONTEMPORARY KOREAN POETRY SERIES, MOON COUNTRY, AT BLACK OCEAN. HIS WORK HAS APPEARED IN MANY PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING GRANTA, THE NEW YORK TIMES, BOSTON REVIEW, GULF COAST, ASYMPTOTE, THE SURREAL-ABSURD ANTHOLOGY, ETC… HE HAS ALSO TRANSLATED OTHER CULTURAL CONTENT, INCLUDING THE ARTIST YUN HYONG-KEUN’S DIARIES, NARRATION FOR THE K-POP GROUP ENHYPEN, AND CHILDREN’S STORIES. HE LIVES IN DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA WHERE HE IS A PROFESSOR OF CREATIVE WRITING AT KEIMYUNG UNIVERSITY.