Krystyna Horko

Krystyna Horko was born in London to a Polish father and a half-German mother. Her parents were both journalists and her complex family form the basis for her forthcoming memoir, called Picnic in Mongolia. She is currently a translator based in Paris. In an earlier life she studied Mandarin and Mongolian at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), went to China on a British Council scholarship and then worked as a China-watching journalist in Hong Kong, where she was a...See more

Krystyna Horko was born in London to a Polish father and a half-German mother. Her parents were both journalists and her complex family form the basis for her forthcoming memoir, called Picnic in Mongolia. She is currently a translator based in Paris. In an earlier life she studied Mandarin and Mongolian at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), went to China on a British Council scholarship and then worked as a China-watching journalist in Hong Kong, where she was a sub-editor for East Asian Civilizations, correspondent for the Foreign News Agency, editor of China Trader Magazine and, under the pen name of Stéphane Fantanange, a regular contributor to AsiaWeek (all those journals are now defunct!). See less