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Eugenia Kim (born 1952) is a Korean American writer and novelist who lives in Washington, DC. ==Works== Kim’s debut novel, ''The Calligrapher's Daughter,'' won the 2009 Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction,〔PR Newswire, (“Borders Announces 2009 Original Voices Award Winners,” ) January 14, 2010〕 and was shortlisted for the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.〔Dayton Literary Peace Prize, (2010 Finalists Shortlist )〕 ''The Calligrapher’s Daughter'' received a Publishers Weekly (PW) starred review〔Publishers Weekly, (Reviews 6/1/09 )〕 among other advance reviews.〔Advance reviews: * Interview by Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009 * (''Library Journal'' review, 06/16/2009 ) * (''Booklist'' review, July 2009 ) * Vogue.com (“2009 Summer’s Best Beach Reads” ) * ''Kirkus Reviews,'' (Fall Preview Big Book of 2009 Debut Fiction, ) (interview, p.11) * Publishers Weekly, (“Hardcovers: Fiction/First Novels & Collections” 05/29/2009 )〕 It was also published by Bloomsbury (UK), in January 2010, and has been translated and published in Indonesia and South Korea. Kim’s epic historical novel, inspired by the life of her mother, is about a young woman who fights for a brighter future in early 20th-century Korea during the Japanese occupation. In addition to other press attention, including a less favorable review by the Smithsonian Bookdragon (see External links), ''The Calligrapher's Daughter'' was named Critic’s Pick and a Best Book of 2009〔The Washington Post, (Best Books of 2009 ), December 2009〕 by ''The Washington Post'', and was a September 2009 Book Pick in Good Housekeeping magazine. Her stories and essays were published by ''Potomac Review'', ''APAJ''—the former literary journal of the Asian American Writers Workshop, ''Our Bodies, Ourselves'' (2005 edition) and in anthologies, including ''Echoes Upon Echoes: New Korean American Writing,''〔(Book review: ''Echoes Upon Echoes'', UCLA International Institute )〕 edited by Elaine H. Kim and Laura Hyun Yi. Kang. Her short story, “Orientation,” was first runner-up in the 2001 F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Contest.〔F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference, (Short Story Contest ), City of Rockville, Maryland〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eugenia Kim (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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