First up was a press-conference during which about 8 of us talked about our impressions of the changes in the state of Korean literature in translation. We had folks from Poland, France, Spain, Germany, Canada, and the US (me!). The press seemed interested, but my poor Korean no doubt made me slightly less quotable. The…
Super news for those of us interested in Korean.. well.. Korean anything.. the RASKB is now on twitter at @ras_kb. Errr… lol.. I should also point to their awesome website at RASKB which you should check out because it has content that will reward you more than amply. And if you are in Korea you…
On June 9th, from 1 to 6 pm, Dongguk University and the National Research Foundation of Korea will hold it’s sixth symposium, the 2011 Transnationalism and Cultural Translation Project Distinguished Lecture Series. The first topic is “Ambassadorial Perspective on Transnationalism” featuring H.E. Dr. Eamon McKee, Ambassador of Ireland and H.E. Mr. Lars Vargo, Ambassador of…
From a blog I had not heard of before, Poems and Poetics, comes an excerpt from a lecture by the estimable Brother Anthony of Taize on translation. The sting of it is that it was presented at Dongguk University the year before I got there! Still, it is entirely worth reading as Brother Anthony notes:…
Found on the web #11. More on Yun Danyeong’s “Between Heaven and Earth,” Hwang Sok-yong reads from “The Old Garden,” and a Writer’s Residency in Seoul
The translation world for Korean literature is pretty small, and Brother Anthony (“An Son-jae” as he is known in the Koreanization of his name) has always been one of the stars in that firmament. So, herewith two things about the brother… First, an article about his translation efforts. It includes this classic passage about his…