(NOTE: This post is a Valentines’ Day post that changes from time to time, so any feedback or additions are welcome) Some time back, regular reader and man of international mystery “Charles” (the other) asked me about Korea love stories. And it brought me up a bit short, because I had a bit of difficulty…
A piece by startlingly handsome up and coming writer…. well, you will recognize the name.. (Yonhap Feature) LTI Korea charts new strategy to raise profile By Charles Montgomery Contributing writer SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) — When Antonio says early in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest “What’s past is prologue,” he is saying that what has…
Two weeks ago (Valentine’s Day, to be exact) I was on the excellent 1013 Mainstreet on TBS eFM discussion translated works that focus on ‘love.’ With White Day just two weeks away, and another flurry of ‘love’ based giving on the horizon, I give you that broadcast. 120214_Charles
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…
First, an article from the always interesting (and sometimes provocative) Brother Anthony (Son-jae). Called Culture in Translation it is a semi-interview which begins with a brief interlude about tea, but quickly moves to literature. About translation in general, Brother Anthony makes three points, the second one I hadn’t fully considered. First he notes that Korean…
2011 was an active year in Korean literature. • First, as the year began, Korea lost one of its great authors, and one well represented in translation, Park Wan-so. An international literary treasure as well a national one, Park’s literary career spanned thirty years, and she wrote more than 20 novels and 100 short stories,…
Because I can’t be serious all the time (and with the help of Gabriel Sylvian am just about to dump a whole lot of info about gay literature, which has been taking up my time), here is a map of LTI Korea’s publications in English, French, German, Chinese, Spanish, and a totaling of the languages:…
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…
Here is an interesting video podcast from Arirang called Globalization of Korean Literature (with a script). The authors it focuses on are Shin Kyoung-Sook and Han Gang. Gang says: “Literature is an art through language… and language by nature seeks communication. As an author, it is such a pleasure that my literary works are read…
Charles from KTLIT will be on TBS eFM tomorrow discussing the recent 10th Annual Korea Literature Translation Institute Awards, the Nanoomi/ReadBuild New Korea Files book, KCREPORT (where culture goes to die!), and recent recommendations in translated Korean fiction. Exciting authors to be named later will include Kim U-jeong, Kim Young-ha, and Ch’ae Man-sik (I’ll likely…