Bora Chung has written four novels and a whole lot of short stories. She has an MA in Russian and East European area studies from Yale University and a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University. She translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean. Among her works, Cursed Bunny, a collection of short stories, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2022 and was a finalist for the National Book Award in the translated literature category in 2023. She currently resides in Pohang, South Korea.
Anton Hur translated Cursed Bunny and Your Utopia by Bora Chung, The Underground Village by Kang Kyeong-ae, and co-translated The Age of Doubt by Pak Kyongni. He is the author of Toward Eternity.