The Midnight Timetable

Bora Chung is a writer and translator whose works include the National Book Award finalist and International Booker Prize-shortlisted Cursed Bunny. She has an MA in Russian Studies from Yale University and a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University. She has taught Russian language and literature and science fiction at Yonsei University and translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean.

Anton Hur was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won a PEN Translates grant for Kang Kyeong-ae’s The Underground Village, his translation of Sang Young Park’s Love in the Big City was longlisted for the Booker International Prize in 2022, and his translation of Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny was shortlisted for the same award. He most recently co-translated Beyond the Story by BTS and lives in Seoul.