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'''Paul Yoon''' (born 1980 in ]) is an American fiction writer. He attended ] and ]. His first book, ''Once the Shore'', won the ] for Fiction<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/Asian_American_Literary_Awards</ref> and was selected as a ''New York Times'' Notable Book<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/100-notable-books-of-2009-gift-guide/list.html</ref>, a ''Los Angeles Times''<ref>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/12/latimes-fiction-favorites-2009.html</ref>, ''San Francisco Chronicle''<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-100-best-fiction-nonfiction-books-of-2009-3277876.php</ref>, ''Publishers Weekly''<ref>http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/26073-best-books-of-2009.html</ref>, ''Minneapolis Star Tribune''<ref>http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/70564262.html?refer=y</ref> Best Book of the Year, and a National Public Radio Best Debut of the Year<ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121521074</ref>. His work has appeared in the ]<ref>http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/spotlight/yoon.html</ref>, ], and he is the recipient of a 5 under 35 Award from the ]<ref>http://www.nationalbook.org/5under35_2010.html</ref>. He is currently on the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars<ref>http://www.bennington.edu/MFAWriting/Philosophy.aspx</ref> and lives in Baltimore with the author Laura van den Berg<ref>http://www.lauravandenberg.com/</ref>.
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'''Paul Yoon''' (born 1980) is an American fiction writer. In 2010 ] named him a ] honoree.


==Early life and education==
Yoon's grandfather was a ]n refugee who resettled in ], where he later founded an orphanage.<ref name="tuvvU" /><ref name="mVuaE" /> Yoon graduated from ] in 1998<ref name="szzuD" /> and ] in 2002.<ref name="lXxmw" /><ref name="2ORfm" />


==Books== ==Career==
His first book, ''Once the Shore'', was selected as a ];<ref name="Qqbq0" /> a ''Los Angeles Times'',<ref name="JHHUA" /> ''San Francisco Chronicle'',<ref name="lvdAB" /> ''Publishers Weekly'',<ref name="rB6aK" /> and ''Minneapolis Star Tribune''<ref name="jjS8y" /> Best Book of the Year; and a National Public Radio Best Debut of the Year.<ref name="0FSgD" /> His work has appeared in the ] collection,<ref name="ng1fQ" /> and he is the recipient of a 5 Under 35 Award from the ].<ref name="ftJcA" /> His novel ''Snow Hunters'' won the 2014 ] ].<ref name="Cavyu" /> His 2023 story collection, ''The Hive and the Honey'', won ] for short story collections published in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4692//|title=Shelf Awareness.|publisher=Shelf Awreness|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>


Recently{{when|date=November 2018}} a part of the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars, Yoon is now a Briggs-Copeland lecturer at ].<ref name="OH9C6" />
⚫ * 2009: ''Once the Shore'', Sarabande Books.


==References== ==Personal life==
Yoon lives in ] with his wife, ].<ref name="zec03" />
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==Bibliography==


===Novels===
* 2013: ''Snow Hunters'', {{ISBN|9781476714813}}<ref name="orKC1" />
* 2020: '']'', {{ISBN|9781501154041}}<ref
name="yTGG3" />


===Short story collections===
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⚫ * 2009: ''Once the Shore'', {{ISBN|9781932511703}}
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* 2017: ''The Mountain'', {{ISBN|9781501154089}}
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* 2023: ''The Hive and the Honey''
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = New York City
<ref name="tuvvU">{{Cite web |url=http://englishkillsreview.com/paul-yoon-discusses-run-me-to-earth/ |title=Paul Yoon Discusses Run Me To Earth |last=MacAllen |first=Ian |date=February 3, 2020 |website=English Kills Review |accessdate=February 27, 2020}}</ref>
⚫ | DATE OF DEATH =
<ref name="mVuaE">{{Cite episode |title=Elijah Wood; Ben Schwartz; Paul Yoon |series=Late Night with Seth Meyers |series-link=Late Night with Seth Meyers |network=] |date=February 6, 2020 |season=7 |number=63}}</ref>
| PLACE OF DEATH =
<ref name="szzuD">{{cite web|last=Pilson|first=Dana|title=Exonians In Review|url=http://www.exeter.edu/documents/Exeter_Bulletin/WI10_ExoniansInReview.pdf|publisher=Phillips Exeter Communications Department|accessdate=20 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104075346/http://www.exeter.edu/documents/Exeter_Bulletin/WI10_ExoniansInReview.pdf|archive-date=4 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="lXxmw">{{cite web|title=SLC Faculty: Paul Yoon|url=http://www.slc.edu/faculty/yoon-paul.html|accessdate=20 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203050307/http://www.slc.edu/faculty/yoon-paul.html|archivedate=3 February 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="2ORfm">{{cite web|last=Gould|first=Phoebe|title=Paul Yoon Authors Snow Hunters|date=10 September 2013|url=http://www.phillipian.net/articles/2013/09/10/paul-yoon-authors-snow-hunters|publisher=The Phillipian|accessdate=20 January 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="Qqbq0">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/100-notable-books-of-2009-gift-guide/list.html|title=100 Notable Books of 2009 - The New York Times|website=archive.nytimes.com|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
<ref name="JHHUA">{{Cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/12/latimes-fiction-favorites-2009.html|title=Favorite fiction of 2009 from the L.A. Times|date=2009-12-03|website=LA Times Blogs - Jacket Copy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
<ref name="lvdAB">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-100-best-fiction-nonfiction-books-of-2009-3277876.php|title=The 100 best fiction, nonfiction books of 2009|date=2009-12-20|website=SFGate|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
<ref name="rB6aK">{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/26073-best-books-of-2009.html|title=Best Books of 2009|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
<ref name="jjS8y">{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/holiday-books-2009/70564262/|title=Holiday books 2009|website=Star Tribune|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
<ref name="0FSgD">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121521074|title=The Best Debut Fiction Of 2009|newspaper=NPR|date=18 December 2009|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31|last1=Freeman|first1=John}}</ref>
<ref name="ng1fQ">{{Cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/spotlight/yoon.html|title=The O. Henry Prize Stories|website=www.randomhouse.com|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
<ref name="ftJcA"> {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="Cavyu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/june-16-2014/author-paul-yoon-wins-2014-young-lions-fiction-award-snow-hunters|title = Author Paul Yoon wins 2014 Young Lions Fiction Award for Snow Hunters}}</ref>
<ref name="OH9C6">{{Cite web |url=https://english.fas.harvard.edu/people/paul-yoon |title=Paul Yoon |website=] |accessdate=February 27, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="zec03">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2017/08/03/paul-yoon-big-fan-new-fiction-with-soft-spot-for-classics/bnoIAxp5MI3LJtkRIghppN/story.html |title=Paul Yoon is a big fan of new fiction with a soft spot for classics |last=Sutherland |first=Amy |date=August 3, 2017 |website=] |accessdate=February 28, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="orKC1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/reviews/years-after-korean-war-slim-novel-tells-pow-s-story/article_b84ce1bb-c5bf-52e1-a8ff-5f63c8f7b5bc.html|title=60 years after Korean War, slim novel tells POW's story|last=Henderson|first=Jane|website=stltoday.com|date=4 August 2013 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
<ref name="yTGG3">{{Cite web|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/run-me-to-earth/|title=Book Marks reviews of Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon|website=Book Marks|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 25 July 2024

American writer (born 1980)
Paul Yoon
Born1980 (age 44–45)
New York, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter, novelist
EducationPhillips Exeter Academy
Alma materWesleyan University
Notable worksRun Me to Earth (2020)
SpouseLaura van den Berg
Website
www.paulyoon.com

Paul Yoon (born 1980) is an American fiction writer. In 2010 National Book Foundation named him a 5 Under 35 honoree.

Early life and education

Yoon's grandfather was a North Korean refugee who resettled in South Korea, where he later founded an orphanage. Yoon graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1998 and Wesleyan University in 2002.

Career

His first book, Once the Shore, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book; a Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, and Minneapolis Star Tribune Best Book of the Year; and a National Public Radio Best Debut of the Year. His work has appeared in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories collection, and he is the recipient of a 5 Under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation. His novel Snow Hunters won the 2014 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. His 2023 story collection, The Hive and the Honey, won The Story Prize for short story collections published in 2023.

Recently a part of the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars, Yoon is now a Briggs-Copeland lecturer at Harvard University.

Personal life

Yoon lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, Laura van den Berg.

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

References

  1. MacAllen, Ian (February 3, 2020). "Paul Yoon Discusses Run Me To Earth". English Kills Review. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. "Elijah Wood; Ben Schwartz; Paul Yoon". Late Night with Seth Meyers. Season 7. Episode 63. February 6, 2020. NBC.
  3. Pilson, Dana. "Exonians In Review" (PDF). Phillips Exeter Communications Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. "SLC Faculty: Paul Yoon". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. Gould, Phoebe (10 September 2013). "Paul Yoon Authors Snow Hunters". The Phillipian. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  6. "100 Notable Books of 2009 - The New York Times". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  7. "Favorite fiction of 2009 from the L.A. Times". LA Times Blogs - Jacket Copy. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  8. "The 100 best fiction, nonfiction books of 2009". SFGate. 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  9. "Best Books of 2009". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  10. "Holiday books 2009". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  11. Freeman, John (18 December 2009). "The Best Debut Fiction Of 2009". NPR. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  12. "The O. Henry Prize Stories". www.randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  14. "Author Paul Yoon wins 2014 Young Lions Fiction Award for Snow Hunters".
  15. "Shelf Awareness". Shelf Awreness. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  16. "Paul Yoon". Harvard University. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  17. Sutherland, Amy (August 3, 2017). "Paul Yoon is a big fan of new fiction with a soft spot for classics". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  18. Henderson, Jane (4 August 2013). "60 years after Korean War, slim novel tells POW's story". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  19. "Book Marks reviews of Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon". Book Marks. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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