NOTE: If you’re in Seoul you can see Han Kang in person (bilingually) at the Seoul ABC Book club, which I will be moderating. As its title suggests Han Kang’s The Vegetarian is a meditation on appetites – ones that society can’t fill and the implications of not “swallowing” what society offers. The tale…
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…
And so it was last night, as two of my awesome students (이채훤 and 백용규) served as interpreters at The Korea Observer and the Foreigner Entertainers Association (FEA) rooftop party for foreign entertainers in South Korea with the support of the Senior Public Diplomacy Group under the Foreign Ministry. They both did “public” interpretation of…
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By Charles Montgomery and 이채원 Every year KTLIT visits the Seoul International Book Fair, but this year the event was both a bit smaller and more scattered than in previous years, due to the MERS panic of the previous summer, which resulted in postponement and meant that several major participants were scheduled elsewhere. On the…
Dear Yonsei students, Thank you so much for attending the lecture tonight (and don’t forget to go vote for my YouTube video!). Attached here is the PPT I used, and you will note that in some places it has explanatory notes that you did not see on screen. Thanks again, Charles from KTLIT
Once again it is time for the awesome Seoul Book Fair (Wednesday October, 7 through the 11th), and once again the website in English hasn’t bothered to put up the program. So, KTLIT is stepping in to make a quick and dirty translation of the presentation program. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be the same…
A brief video review of Kim Yu-Jeong’s The Heat of the Sun, mention of his other work, Korean stories with related themes, and the Kim Yu-Jeong Literature Museum just outside of Chuncheon. If this story seems interesting to you, the fine folks at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea have made it available, free, online,…
Last Saturday I was lucky enough to moderate a Seoul ABD event with three Korean authors: Hwang Jung-eun – ‘Kong’s Garden’ 황정은- “양의 미래” Yun I-hyeong – ‘Danny’ 윤이형-“대니” Cheon Myeong-kwan – ‘Homecoming’ 천명관-“퇴근” The Q&A section of that event is below, with the interview here.. Seoul ABC events are held regularly in Seoul, and you…
Last Saturday I was lucky enough to moderate a Seoul ABC event with three Korean authors: Hwang Jung-eun – ‘Kong’s Garden’ 황정은- “양의 미래” Yun I-hyeong – ‘Danny’ 윤이형-“대니” Cheon Myeong-kwan – ‘Homecoming’ 천명관-“퇴근” The interview section of that event is below, with the audience Q&A to follow tomorrow.. Seoul ABC events are held regularly…