Hi, I’m Archana. I translate from Korean into English.

My background is in science and I’m a learning experience designer in my day job but I’ve always held a deep love for writing, reading, and learning languages. I began learning Korean over fifteen years ago and started translating contemporary Korean literature in 2019.

In 2022, I was selected as the Korean poetry mentee for the American Literary Translators Association’s Emerging Translators Program; during my mentorship, I translated poetry from 아마도 아프리카 (Maybe Africa) by Lee Jenny under the guidance of Jack Jung.

You can contact me at archamadh (at) gmail (dot) com.

My reading of Lee Jenny’s “But One Name” and “Spiral Wind” at the Tucson Humanities Festival.