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Anton Hur

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Anton Hur was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was subsequently raised in six different countries on four different continents, including British Hong Kong, Ethiopia, the United States, and Thailand, but spent most of his time in Korea. He has worked as an interpreter and translator for more than two decades, and in 2022, was double-longlisted and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, the first translator of color to do so. In 2023, his translation of Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny was shortlisted for the National Book Awards. He divides his time between Seoul and the science fiction-y island of Songdo with his husband. 

Anton Hur Books

Blood of the Old Kings book cover

Blood of the Old Kings

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Sneak Peek for Blood of the Old Kings

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Toward Eternity book cover

Toward Eternity

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The Prisoner book cover

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