Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

author

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1982

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (Korean: ???; March 4, 1951 – November 5, 1982) was an American novelist, producer, director, and artist of South Korean origin, best known for her 1982 novel, Dictee.
Cha was considered to be an avant-garde artist.
Cha was fluent in Korean, English, and French.
In her works, such as Dictee, Cha took language apart and experimented with it in her writing.
Cha's interdisciplinary background was clearly evident in Dictee, which experiments with juxtaposition and hypertext of both print and visual media.
Cha's Dictee is taught in contemporary literature classes including women's literature. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's novel Dictee was published in 1982.
On 5 November 1982, Cha was murdered, only a week after her novel was published.