If you’re reading this early on Tuesday morning (Seoul Time) I’ll be on TBS eFM’s 1013 Main Street discussing Park Wan-suh (various spellings exist). So tune in! If you’re here because you listened to the broadcast, below are some of the links I discussed. A review of “Who Ate Up All the Shinga” A review…
Multiple Korean newspapers are noting the passing of brilliant Korean author Park Wan-so, who apparently died as the result of gallbladder cancer. Park had been battling the disease for years and her death leaves behind four daughters. An international literary treasure as well a national one, Park’s literary career spanned thirty years, and she wrote…
A Korea Times article about Park Wan-seo on the 40th anniversary of her debut as an author and the publication of a book of essays she has writen over the last 4 years.