Some good work by the KLTI from the Korea Herald: U.S.-based magazine World Literature Today features Korean contemporary literature in a wide spectrum over the 16-page-long special section for its January-February edition. This is the kind of thing that should open some eyes. I also like the choice of novel to introduce -`Take Care of…
Korean international marketing is too inward-looking and this hampers recognition of Korean literature by assuring that what is translated is not aligned with what foreign-language readers are looking for.
Regular blogging will resume tomorrow. In the meantime, I encourage both regular readers to go to 10 Magazine Asia and vote for KTLIT in their Korean blog-list competition. Do NOT, under ANY circumstances, voter for The Chosun Bimbo, as Stafford is my newly-minted nemesis. See you tomorrow!
I’ll be back again before March…
I was wandering around over at Korean American Readings (which has thumbnail reviews of Korean and Korean American themed books) and found a review of “Land of Exile” which I reviewed here. The KAR review was of the original publication from 1993, which has been superceded by a version published in this millenium. 😉 A…
This is nice on two levels… Some time ago I predicted that a Korean author would eventually get recognition from a literary magazine in the US. My reasoning was that an article would come in, and editor would say, “hey, this is from Korea, have we done anything from Korea?” Then self-same editor would realize…
This is in Japan Focus, but it focuses on Korean culture, particularly fiction and cinema, and how they relate to history, specifically the Kwangju Uprising. The article beings: 2010 will be a year of commemorations in South Korea. The 25th of June will mark the sixtieth anniversary of the beginning of the Korea War. Midway…
TRANSLATOR COMMENTS: At times he gets very clever with word-play. An extra-challenge for a translator, which I took up when I was in school, just to see if I can wing it. After I finished a number of pages, I sent the author a sample of my translation. He responded that he asked his website…
A review of Lee Dong-Ha’s short stories “Photo Shop Murder” and “Whatever Happened to the Guy Stuck in the Elevator.”
James, from the inestimable The Grand Narrative sends me the following article about cliched book-jackets on Chinese and Japanese translated books: http://contexts.org/socimages/2010/01/25/how-to-make-a-chinese-or-japanese-book-cover/ This fits well with a link I had squirreled away to write on later: http://bookoblate.blogspot.com/2009/08/asian-american-book-covers-cliched.html The first article names four cliches: Element 1: Blossoms (preferably cherry, but anything red or pink will do)…