After nearly three years at the helm of LTI Korea Seong-Kon Kim, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University,Literary Critic, Film Critic, Literary Translator, Korea Herald Columnist, and a whole lot more (a complete list is at the bottom of the interview) sat down with KTLIT writer Allie Park for a wide ranging interview about…
Two good articles in the Korea Herald, which may be doing the best job (in English at least) of covering translation of Korean literature and related issues. First is an article on friend of the blog Marzena Stefanska, a translator and publisher who works in Polish, although she lives in London. The article includes a…
Some time ago, for 10 Magazine Korea, I interviewed LTI Korea CEO, Kim Seong-Kon. That interview was quite brief, but it came in the context of this much longer one, which demonstrated his wide cultural interests and knowledge. The director spoke broadly, engaging in cultural analysis, discussing international music, and even the differences in international…
KTLIT을 팔로우하시는 한국 분들, 영어 위키백과 사이트를 여기에서 볼 수 있습니다: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Seong-kon This one will grow over time.. I have a long interview with the director as well as an extensive CV, but until I can get the transcript cleared with Director Kim, I can’t use that.. So, for now, it looks something like this…
New Director of LTI Korea, Kim Seong-kon, makes an interesting point in the Korea Herald: “Every Korean author should have something available to pop up when someone Googles their name in English. It makes a huge difference.” This is not the current state of affairs, and it is something that could be dealt with rather…
On Tuesday, as reported in the Herald, LTI Korea announced its new Director is Kim Seong-kon. He seems quite qualified having been the Director of the Seoul National University Press, the Seoul International Forum for Literature and the International Association of Korea Studies. Kim is certainly saying the proper things: “What local critics consider as…
I found a combination of thoughts from Professor Kim Seong-kon of SNU quite intriguing (for out-of-country folks, you should know that Korea University education is quite hierarchical and SNU is considered the cream of the crop, and thus what their professors say is either influential or represents considered wisdom). He was discussing the laudable LTI…
Kim Seong-kon, who is a professor of English at Seoul National University and editor of the literary quarterly 21st Century Literature writes a bit about the obstacles Korean Literature faces overseas. The article is titled, K-pop is not enough on its own, Although Professor Kim completely ignores the success Kim Young-ha has had (admittedly, it pales…
A very interesting article over at the Korea Herald in the course of which Kim Seong-kon says: “Themes that concentrate on Korean nationalism and the Korean War can no longer attract international audience,” Kim said. “The days of Marxism and nationalism are over. But a lot of Korean authors still remain in such ideological writing.…