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, 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.