Jane Jeong Trenka
Jane Jeong Trenka is an activist and an award-winning writer.[1]
Trenka is the president of the organization TRACK (Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea).
Biography[]
Jane Jeong Trenka was born in Seoul, Korea. In 1972, Trenka and her sister were adopted into a white family in rural northern Minnesota. Her Korean mother found her daughters in 1972, shortly after the girls were sent to the U.S. and before they were legally adopted. Trenka and her biological family physically reunited in Korea in 1995. In 2004, she returned to live in Korea where she became an activist for standard and transparent adoption practices to protect the human rights of adult adoptees, children, and families. Trenka officially repatriated to South Korea in 2008.[2] Trenka attended Seoul National University in 2013 to pursue a degree in public administration.[3]
Trenka has also spoken publicly about her own stalking experiences, to raise awareness for the issue. Trenka was stalked when she was in her late teens and studying at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She discusses the incident in her book The Language of Blood.[4] Her experiences were adapted for an episode of the television series Obsession: Dark Desires.[5]
Books[]
- The Language of Blood, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2003; Graywolf Press, 2005[6]
- 피의 언어, Y-Gelli Press 2005; Domabaem 2012[7]
- Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption, South End Press, 2006[8]
- 인종간 입양의 사회학, KoRoot Press, 2012[9]
- Fugitive Visions: An Adoptee's Return to Korea, Graywolf Press, 2009[10]
- 덧없는 환영들, Changbi Publishers, 2012[11]
Awards[]
- Minnesota Book Award for Autobiography/Memoir for The Language of Blood
- Minnesota Book Award for New Voice for The Language of Blood
- Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection for The Language of Blood
See also[]
- List of Asian American writers
References[]
- ^ "biography: Jane Jeong Trenka". Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Raised in America, activists lead fight to end S. Korean adoptions". CNN. 16 September 2013.
- ^ Sang-Hun, Choe (29 June 2013). "An Adoptee Returns to South Korea, and Changes Follow". The New York Times.
- ^ http://jjtrenka.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/national-stalking-awareness-month/
- ^ "Recommended". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ results, search (1 July 2005). The Language of Blood. Graywolf Press. ISBN 1555974260.
- ^ Books: 피의 언어
- ^ Trenka, Jane Jeong; Oparah, Julia Chinyere; Shin, Sun Yung, eds. (1 November 2006). Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption. South End Press. ISBN 0896087646.
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- ^ Trenka, Jane Jeong (23 June 2009). Fugitive Visions: An Adoptee's Return to Korea. Graywolf Press. ISBN 978-1555975296.
- ^ Books: 덧없는 환영들
External links[]
- Interview with Jane Jeong Trenka on adoptive parents
- TRACK: Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea
- An Adoptee Returns to Korea, and Changes Follow (New York Times, June 28, 2013)
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