Yu Young-nanโs translations include Pak Wan-soโs The Naked Tree (Cornell East Asia Series, 1995), Yi In-hwaโs Everlasting Empire (EastBridge, 2001), Yi Mu-youngโs Farmers (Homa & Sekey, 2002), and Han Sung-wonโs Father and Son, co-translated by Julie Pickering (Homa & Sekey, 2002). She was awarded the prestigious Daesan Literature Award in 2002 for Everlasting Empire, and Father and Son was named a Kiriyama Pacific Rim Notable Book.