Los Angeles Times / February 14, 2020

The list of top Korean crime novelists published in English — some of whom I’ve read, others I can’t wait to read — is woefully short but sure to grow. Some are pure mystery writers, others more literary but dabbling in the genre, as does much of the best writing coming from Korea today.

CORRIERE DELLA SERA / September 04, 2016

Ecodellalunigiana / March 11, 2017

Jung-myung Lee, La guardia, La guardia, il poeta e l’investigatorePremio Bancarella 2017, ecco i finalisti ir t ecodellluni 21 l as2 o 29 a 8838933480 Nel 1944 la Corea è sotto l’occupazione giapponese, e nella prigione di Fukuoka non si permette ai detenuti coreani di usare la propria lingua. Un uomo, una guardia carceraria, viene trovato brutalmente assassinato, e un giovane collega dall’animo sensibile e letterario viene incaricato di condurre l’indagine e trovare il colpevole. La vittima era temuta e odiata per la sua brutalità, ma quando l’improvvisato investigatore avvia la sua inchiesta interrogando custodi e detenuti, ricostruendo poco a poco i movimenti degli ultimi mesi, un diverso esorprendente scenario si impone alla sua attenzione.     source: ecodellalunigiana.it

Premio Bancarella Website / March 15, 2017

Eco Della Lunigiana / March 11, 2017

Letteratitudine News / March 10, 2017

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AMICA / March 02, 2016

La guardia, il poeta e l’investigatore è una storia di guerra (con brutalità del caso inclusa), un’indagine e, soprattutto, un invito quasi sovversivo alla scoperta del potere della poesia. Leggere i libri non fa cambiare il mondo, ma di sicuro certi libri cambiano chi li legge.   Source: http://www.amica.it/dailytips/la-guardia-il-poeta-e-linvestigatore-di-jung-myung-lee/?refresh_ce-cp

The Huffington Post / August 14, 2015

Just as World War II ended in 1945, the Korean War began. It's lead up caused by the recent global war that divided Korea into North and South, and also from the rising tensions of what would become the largest mind game of a war in world history, the Cold War. Korea's Civil War had been in the making within its own country for several years as well due to political movements and disconnected ideologies, and while most of the world focused its fighting in Europe during the early 1940's, many Koreans were waging a battle against their own people. source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petite/the-investigation-j-m-lee_b_7986044.html

GABRIELLA AMBROSIONI LITERARY AGENCY / August 04, 2016

We and our client Barbara Zitwer are proud to announce this new goal: our author Jung-Myung Lee will be attending next Festival della Letteratura in Mantova! Thanks to Edizioni Sellerio and to their great work on this author. Thanks to the contribute of LTI Korea (Literature Translation Institute of Korea). Source: https://gabriellaambrosioniliterary.com/2016/08/04/our-author-jung-myung-lee-invited-in-mantova-at-festival-della-letteratura/