Euny Hong

Euny Hong in Washington, D.C., in 2015
Euny Hong in Washington, D.C., in 2015

Euny Hong is a Korean-American journalist and author, based in France.

Biography

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Hong is a Paris-based author of three books.[1] The novel Kept: A Comedy of Sex and Manners was published by Simon and Schuster in 2006. The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture[2] was published by Picador Books in the US/Simon & Schuster in the UK in 2014, and has been published in seven languages. It was named an Amazon Editor's Pick.[3] Her third book, The Power of Nunchi: The Korean Secret to Success and Happiness, was published by Penguin Random House in 2019.[4][5] Her books have been translated into 18 languages, including French, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Italian, German, Portuguese (standard and Brazilian), Indonesian, Thai, and Chinese.[6]

Hong was a senior columnist for the U.S. edition of the Financial Times, where she wrote a weekly television column and other articles on culture. She was awarded a Fulbright Beginning Professional Journalism Award. Hong's works have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, and elsewhere.[7]

Hong was born in New Jersey in the United States. At age 12, she moved to Seoul with her family, and was educated in both the Korean public school system and an international school (Seoul Foreign School). While studying in Korea, she experienced anti-communist indoctrination.[3] After high school, she returned to the U.S. to attend Yale University, from which she graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy. While at Yale, she was co-founder and the first Editor-in-Chief of Rumpus Magazine, an undergraduate humour publication that remains in publication. Hong lives in Paris, France[citation needed], and was a journalist for France 24, an international news network. She has also lived in Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany. Hong has been diagnosed with type II bipolar disorder, and had been married and divorced twice by the age of 33.[8] She is fluent in English, Korean, French, and German. Hong is a convert to Judaism.[9]

Selected works

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Books

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  • (Hong, Euny (2019). The Power of Nunchi: The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success. Penguin. ISBN 978-0143134466.
  • (Hong, Euny (2014). The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World through Pop Culture. Picador. ISBN 978-1250045119.
  • (Hong, Euny (2006). Kept: A Comedy of Sex and Manners. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0743286848.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hong, Euny (2023-08-08). "Opinion | In Paris, I Get Judged on What I Speak, Not How I Look". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  2. ^ Choi, Mary H. K. (29 August 2014). "Seoul Survivors". The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b Hong, Euny (5 August 2014). The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1250045119.
  4. ^ "The Power of Nunchi by Euny Hong: 9780143134473 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  5. ^ Rennolds, Andrea Núñez-Torrón Stock, Nathan. "Nunchi — a 'sixth sense' taught in Korean schools — may be the missing key to happiness and success". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ https://eunyhong.com [bare URL]
  7. ^ Hong, Euny (15 November 2019). "This Korean parenting style is the best-kept secret to raising smart and successful kids". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  8. ^ "Living With A Crazy Husband", Marie Claire v15, issue 9, Sep 2008, p.278
  9. ^ Hong, Euny (15 January 2013). "A Jewish American In Paris". The Daily Beast.
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