Sophie Bowman
First Name:
Sophie
Last Name:
Bowman
Email :
s.bowman@mail.utoronto.ca
Title:
PhD Candidate
Office Location :
Robarts Library
Biography :
Sophie Bowman is a PhD student in modern Korean literature. Her research focuses on writing by women and the politics of the "woman writer" during the dictatorships in South Korea in the second half of the twentieth century. Her English translations of Korean literature, poetry, and literary criticism have appeared in various magazines and journals. Her latest book translations are Looking Back Life Was Beautiful (2020) and I'm Waiting for You (forthcoming in 2021).
Publications
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Jeong, Soyeon. "Home."
Education:
MA, Korean Language and Literature, Ewha Women's University
MA, Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London
BA, Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London
Personal Website:
https://smokingtigers.com/sophie-bowman/
People Type:
Areas of Interest:
- Gender theory
- Feminist criticism
- Korean history
- The politics of literature
- Urban space translation