What to Start Reading in Translated Korean Literature

There is no better time than now to begin to read modern Korean literature. It’s many talented authors write in myriad genres and in the past 25 years have begun to skillfully meld innately Korean history and culture to stories with international appeal.

Im Chul-woo (The Red Room) Goes up on the Wikipedia

Im Chul-woo, who has two works translated into English (The Red Room, My Father’s Land) is now up on the wikipedia here. And it looks a lot like this: Im Chul-woo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Im Chul-woo Born October 15, 1954 (1954-10-15) (age 56) Occupation Novelist Nationality South Korea Period 1954-present…