
Don Mee Choi © SONG Got
Born in Seoul, Don Mee Choi is the author of the Korean-US trilogy published by Wave Books (US) and And Other Stories (UK & EU): “Mirror Nation”, the National Book Award winning collection “DMZ Colony” and “Hardly War”. She is a recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Lannan and Whiting Foundations, as well as the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. Her translation of Kim Hyesoon’s poetry won the 2019 international Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. She was selected as one of the inaugural 2021 Royal Society of Literature International Writers. She has served as a translator for the International Women’s Network Against Militarism (IWNAM).
As of: March 2025