Two nights before going to the opening day of the Seoul Book Fair I had attended an event at the British Council in Seoul, in support of the London Book Fair, 2014 at which Korea will be the featured country. So I met a few people. As I walked into SiBF, a woman from the…
DATELINE^^: Mugungwha, somewhere outside of Danyang, rolling on to Gangneung! LTI Korea is getting ready for the upcoming Seoul Book Fair (19 – 23 June 2013, HallA&B, COEX, 159 Samseong-dong, Seoul 135-731, Korea -), the halls of which KTLIT will certainly be haunting. While I was over at LTI having lunch and discussing the Wikipedia Project,…
Death, to put it indelicately, has worked for artists before – re-emerging artists into the public eye, and re-invigorating sales of back titles. So while it was very sad to note the passing of Kim Moon-Soo on November 5th, the author of the very excellent Chronicles of Manchwidang, I hoped that some of the press…
First things first.^^ Over at the excellent London Korean Links you can find Philip’s review of Yi Mun-yol’s Our Twisted Hero.It’s a book I really loved, but Philip has a different view saying, in part: Our Twisted Hero is rather a chore to read, though it is interesting for its balanced assessment of the rights…
As part of the semi-support I’m giving the LTI Korea Foreigner Essay Contest 2012, I’m making sure that there are Wikipedia pages for all the authors involved. I’d put Kim In-suk up a while ago (complete with picture!), and now Eun Hee-kyung is also present. I have interviews out with each of those authors, which…
This is an awesome opportunity for fans of Korean literature to read great stories and win excellent prizes (Full Disclosure: I won one of these awards last year and received a killer iPod as a result). The authors are great, I’ve previously met Kim In-suk at The Seoul Book Fair (scroll down) and reviewed her…
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…
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…
The 2012 Korean Literature Essay Contest Call for Papers Date: 2012-11-30 The 2012 Korean Literature Essay Contest The Center for Korean Research (CKR) at Columbia University, in partnership with the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Undergraduate Initiative, invites students to enter the 2012 Korean Literature Essay Contest. This contest is sponsored by the Korea Literature Translation…