Ten Korean writers on a country sawn in half

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Ten Korean writers on a country sawn in half

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Article: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/07/inside-story-korea-london-book-fair
Journal: The Guardian
Issued Date: April 07, 2014
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
City: London
Book: -
Writer: Ko Un , Hwang Sok-yong , Yi Mun-yol , Shin Kyung-sook

About the Author

Ko Un
Birth : 1933 ~ -
Occupation : Poet, Novelist
First Name : Un
Family Name : Ko
Korean Name : 고은
ISNI : 0000000110791051
Works : 101

Hwang Sok-yong
Birth : 1943 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Sok-yong
Family Name : Hwang
Korean Name : 황석영
ISNI : 0000000121322250
Works : 133

Yi Mun-yol
Birth : 1948 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Mun-yol
Family Name : Yi
Korean Name : 이문열
ISNI : 0000000081755894
Works : 91

Kyung-Sook Shin
Birth : 1963 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Kyung-sook
Family Name : Shin
Korean Name : 신경숙
ISNI : 000000008374681X
Works : 136

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English(English)

After two years of political hot potatoes – first China and then Turkey – this year's "market focus" country presents a different challenge to the London Book Fair, which runs this week: who wants to read books from Korea? The choice of name could be dismissed as opportunistically misleading: Korea is two countries, but the 10 writers who will be at the book fair are all from the south.

Translated Books451 See More

Indonesian(Bahasa Indonesia) Book Available
Please Look After Mom
Kyung-Sook Shin / 신경숙 / 2011
English(English) Book Available
The Sound of My Waves
KO UN / 고은 / 1993
Chinese(汉语) Book Available
人的儿子
Yi Mun-yol et al / 이문열 / 1997