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Djuna
Djuna (Korean: 듀나) is a South Korean pseudonymous science fiction writer and film critic. Djuna is managed by Greenbook Agency.[1] LifeThe identity of Djuna is unknown, and Djuna prefers the personal pronoun "they."[2] They publish all their works under the name Djuna, and interviews are done by e-mail correspondence or online chats.[3][4] For some of their early works, they used the name Lee Youngsoo, but it is generally taken as a pseudonym, because Lee Youngsoo is one of the most common names in Korea.[5] They explain the name Djuna as coming from writer Djuna Barnes and a character in a work by the pseudonymous Ellery Queen.[6] The capitalization was due to Djuna's belief that using lowercase letters for proper nouns was "awkward".[7] In 2020, Djuna succeeded Soyeon Jeong as the second president of the Science Fiction Writers Union of the Republic of Korea, leaving office in 2021. WorksDjuna debuted in 1997 with the anthology Butterfly War.[6] In 2023 their first major work has been translated to English (the novel Counterweight).[6][8] ReceptionSince the 1990s, Djuna has been one of the most prolific and important writers in the South Korean science fiction field.[9][10] Djuna been described as "a literary giant in Korea".[6] Selected worksThey have published seven short story collections, six novels, and two essays. Short story collections
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