(NOTE: You can also follow KTLIT on Twitter @ktlit) TONGUE by Jo Kyung Ran (the author’s preferred Romanization), begins with a broken relationship; a 7 years’ relationship ends and the narrator loses her connection to food, up to and including her sense of taste. Unusually, however, for Korean fiction, it does not have any scenes in…
Just a reminder the KTLit has moved part of its focus on Korean literature and Korean authors into the video realm and has begun (with the aid of the 10 Magazine Book club and SeoulABC) to video interviews with Korean authors. Since these are in English and Korean, anyone can listen! Author Kim Young-ha…
Here we are again! You’ll notice we continue to tweak the set so as to finally make it perfect for Stephane at Seoul Village! Because Jo Kyung Ran spoke at the 10 Magazine Book Club, we made her our first topic and discussed her 4 books in English: • Tongue • Looking For the Elephant…
The audio Q&A session between audience and Jo Kyung Ran AFTER her video interview with Krys Lee. Be warned, the picture never changes.^^ The original Video interview is here: http://youtu.be/zFxxYD3dgZ8
It was a packed house at Haechi Hall for a question and answer session with Korean author Jo Kyung-ran (Tongue, and I Live in Bongcheon-dong). Korean-American author Krys Lee (Drifting House) moderated and a great time was had by all! I managed to get two books autographed And then we had dinner with luminaries (as well…
NOTE: The original article I refer to here has Pyun’s name incorrect and I have kept it that way when referring to the article. Thanks to the multiple readers who noted this. Also included is a short introduction to Pyun by Jo Kyung-ran (translated by Heinz Fenkl) called Necessary or True Happenstances: An Introduction to…
From the Chosun Ilbo (and having nothing to do with English translations): Three literary works by Korean authors have made this year’s “Best List” published by Germany’s Society for the Promotion of African, Asian and Latin American Literature. The works include poet Ko Un’s “Flowers of a Moment,” author Yi Mun-yol’s “The Poet,” and Jo…
A new project. To find all the places online where you can read translated Korean Modern Literature, free ( Here are the works so far (I still have to get all the Korea Journal articles before 1989 and many of the works translated by Brother Anthony). If you know of a work that is NOT…
The day two event I chose to attend was Globalizing World and the Human Community. The first speaker was Bok Geo-il, who spoke on Language and Writing in the Age of Globalization (this was one of the papers at this conference I edited). Bok is a novelist, critic, and representative of the Future Culture Forum.…