Just some Kim Young-ha reviews that popped up as I was culling the internet. They like his work, and two of them comment on the covers. First, perhaps my favorite just because of its title: Short, Sexy and Suicidal by dardenitaaa over at her fine blog Assorted Paperjams. She says: I was drawn to that…
The Dong-a Ilbo has an interesting article this morning. It begins with the falsehood that Kim Young-ha is retiring from writing entirely, which is not something I have seen or understand to be true. But it also goes on to talk a little bit more about the background of the disagreement and if what it…
There is an article today in the Korea Herald which explains why Kim Young-ha retired from twitter and blogging. In essence, he had an online disagreement with literary critic Cho Young-il about the causes of death, and implications of the death, of aspiring screenwriter Choi Go-eun. This disagreement became pointed, and then apparently spread internet…
UPDATE AT BOTTOM Following twitters from Nanoomi.net this morning (retweeting from the Korean twittersphere) I find the strange news that 김영하/Kim Young-ha has apparently withdrawn from the internet. The Seoul Newspaper (online) has an article which says in part: 소설가 김영하가 14일 오후 자신의 블로그에 “오래 못 올지도 몰라요. 다들 잘 지내세요.”라면서 트위터와 블로그 활동…
All the known translations of Kim Young-ha, including several available online.
My lovely wife and I leave for Thailand tomorrow, so I’m in a bit of a planning frenzy. However, I had a wildly entertaining meeting with Kim Young-ha last night. Without being too detailed, I’d say that everything cool about his writing is reflected in his public mien. I have an hour or two of…
Kim Young-ha is slender, surprisingly youthful and was extremely polite. His English is excellent. He was with his wife…..
Tickets available for a TEDx event in Seoul (7-24-10) that will feature Kim Young-ha and Darcy Paquet (who extensively covers Korean cinema).
Just some things we’ve come across: 1) Over at Philip Gowman’s excellent London Korean Links is another chapter in his recent exploits in Korea. Interesting in this case, for a discussion of The House of Choi Champan (and general discussion of ‘authenticity’), where Toji (토지, The Land, written by Park Kyung-ni) was filmed. At the…