Here we go again: 160 books nominated for international award? Zero are Korean

I first noticed this at the indispensible Literary Saloon in a  post titled  International Dublin Literary Award nominations ( Hat tip to the inevitable^^ M.A.Orthofer). The article mentions an award given annually by the Dublin City Council. The list of nominated books has come out, and for those of us who love translated lKorean fiction the results are not…

Asia K-Literature new 5 Books

Why you should go to Facebook (이중 언어 책) and “like” ASIA Publishers right now!

ASIA Publishers needs likes – if you are on FaceBook, go over to https://www.facebook.com/asiapublishers and immediately give them a like. KTLIT demands it!^^ (LOOK! Even Tony did it! And our intern Allie! Now it’s your turn!) Really…. after all they’ve done for you —- 5 collections of 65 “classic” modern books so far, with 2 more (that’s 30…

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Found on the web #38: Bae Su-ah at PEN; The Gypsy Scholar; Dutch translations

(NOTE: You can also follow KTLIT on Twitter @ktlit) More stuff just found on the web. The first is Bae Su-ah’s appearance at PEN, an annual literary festival underway in New York,  where, among other things she will discuss her recently translated work.  In the past Hwang Sok-yong and Kim Young-ha, participated in 2009 and 2011, respectively,…