Presented by the Korean Language Program

Join the Korean Language Program for a book talk with bestselling South Korean author Serang Chung as they explore her vibrantly multifaceted stories from See You on the Rooftop and the limitless imagination behind them.

Serang Chung (b. 1984) is a genre-defying Korean author who has been writing fiction since 2010 and screenplays since 2017. Widely regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Korean literature, she won the 7th Changbi Novel Award for This Much Close (2013) and the 50th Hanguk Ilbo Literary Award for Everybody Will Be Dancing (2017). Her notable works include Jain, Jaewook, Jaehoon, which follows three siblings with seemingly trivial superpowers, and The School Nurse Files, later adapted into a Netflix original series. Her books have been translated into more than twelve languages, and she also wrote an episode of Star Wars: Visions, Season 2, expanding her work across mediums and audiences.

So-Rim Lee's research explores the politics of embodiment (living in and with a body) in Korea and the Korean diaspora from the intersection of performance studies, visual and media studies, queer politics, disability justice, and feminist activisms. She has written articles and book chapters on gender and racial politics in multimedia art, photography, K-pop, reality television, and ASMR videos on YouTube.