Translations & Interpretations
Peace is a Korean-to-English literary translator whose work centers on contemporary Korean literature, historical memory, and marginalized voices. She is especially drawn to fiction and nonfiction that engage Korea's shamanic and animist traditions, collective trauma, and the afterlives of colonialism, war, and displacement.
Her work has been recognized with the 2025 Kevin O'Rourke Literary Translation Prize, supported by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea's 2025 Professional Development Program for Korean-to-English Literary Translators, and awarded grants from the Daesan Foundation (2024) and Literature Translation Institute of Korea.
In addition to literary translation, Peace offers Korean-English interpretation for lectures, artist talks, documentary screenings, and confidential sessions with Korean shamans and spiritual practitioners, as well as cultural sensitivity reviews for publishers and organizations working across Korean and English.
Published Translations
“Perspectives from the Border: Personal and Social Horizons,” interview with Jeon Sung-tae, and “The Wisdom of Stories Rooted in Nature,” critical review by Baik Jiyeon in Korean Literature Now (Spring 2026)
“Iron and Flesh” (excerpt) by Hyun Ki-young. Winner of the Kevin O'Rourke Prize, 56th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards. Published in The Korea Times. November 2025.
“Handcuffs, A Frosty Memory” an essay by Choi Jung-rim in AAWW’s The Margins. September 2024
I Have Come on a Lonely Path: Memoir of a Shaman by Keum-hwa Kim (비단꽃 넘세/나라만신 김금화 자서전)
Alpha Sisters Publishing Press. March 2024
“New Kong-ji Pat-ji” by Ji-Hyun in Four Korean Old Stories Retold in Women’s Voices (페미니즘으로 다시
쓰는 옛이야기/이프북스). Alpha Sisters Publishing Press. October 2023
“Falling and Rising: Korean Protestant Preaching and the Possibility of Apophatic Theology” by Young-Hyun Choi in International Journal of Homiletics Vol 3 (2018)
Translation Samples and Rights
Selected works currently available for English-language translation. Samples and rights information available upon request. Supported by the Daesan Foundation, LTI Korea, and KPIPA.
O Jejudo 제주도우다 by Hyun Kiyoung (Changbi), winner of 2023 Daesan Literary Award in Fiction
April Wind 사월에 부는 바람 by Hyun Kiyoung (Hangilsa)
The Last Teuri 마지막 테우리 by Hyun Kiyoung (Changbi)
Ludovico's People 루도비코의 사람들 by Kim Hongjung (Dalasil)
Hotel Stories 호텔이야기 by Lim Kyoungsun (Toast)
Ordinary Marriage 평범한 결혼이야기 by Lim Kyoungsun (Toast)
Moonlight Demon Hunters 월하의 동사무소 by Jeon Heyjin (Paran Media)
Women Who Carry Spirits 연희이야기 by Jeon Heyjin (Nexus &And)
Transpacific Express 태평양 횡단 특급 by Djuna (Moonji)