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10 WORKS OF KOREAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION FOR FANS OF PARASITEEnglish(English) Article
bookriot / March 02, 2020
If you loved the critically acclaimed and astonishing film Parasite—directed by Bong Joon-ho, with a screenplay cowritten by Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won—and you’re looking for more great Korean artistry to scratch that itch, look no further than the incredible books in translation coming out of South Korea right now. Many of these novels have themes similar to the ones explored in Parasite, some capture the tone and mood of the film, and others feel quite different but have the genius, the same ingenuity of Parasite.
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BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD 2020 SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCEDEnglish(English) Article
BOOK RIOT / May 12, 2020
The Best Translated Book Award 2020 shortlists for both the fiction and poetry awards have been announced at The Millions. Founded in 2007, the Best Translated Book Award brings attention to the best works of translated literature published in the previous year. The winning author and translator each receive a cash prize for both the fiction and poetry award; over $140,000 has been given to international authors and their translators through the award over the years.
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Anziehend poetischer TotentanzGerman(Deutsch) Article
Deutschlandfunk Kultur / June 16, 2020
Ein Totentanz ist ein gemalter Reigen von Menschen aller Stände mit dem Tod. In Lübeck inspirierte Hugo Distler solch eine Abbildung im Jahr 1934. Er konzipierte seinen ganz eigenen Totentanz, den der RIAS Kammerchor in Stahnsdorf für uns aufgeführt hat. Die „Forumkonzerte“ des RIAS Kammerchors bespielen in kammermusikalischen Formationen besondere Orte in Berlin. Anfang Juni war man zu Gast in der Kapelle des Südwestkirchhofs Stahnsdorf. Im Zentrum des Programms: der „Totentanz“ von Hugo Distler.
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9 New Books We Recommend This WeekEnglish(English) Article
The New York Times / December 20, 2018
Much of Yoon’s arresting debut memorializes the Korean “comfort women” who were forced into prostitution during World War II; it draws considerable power from the testimonies of actual survivors.“The book fixes attention on the conditions these women faced — injected with the arsenic compound salvarsan, offered anti-hemorrhagic agents made from corpses, left to die of infection,” our reviewer, BK Fischer, writes.
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OUR FAVORITE THINGS OF 2018: ASIAN AMERICAN EDITIONEnglish(English) Article
hyphenmagazine / December 30, 2018
It has been a great year for Asian American poetry. Diana Khoi Nguyen’s Ghost of (Omnidawn) and Jenny Xie’s Eye Level (Graywolf), both gorgeous debuts I’ve been recommending to everyone, were finalists for the National Book Award for Poetry. Many more have been included on the year’s “Best Of” lists. There are so many books I loved that were released this year, but I’ve compiled a handful of my favorites. Happy Reading! Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon (trans. By Don Mee Choi) (New Directions). Kim Hyesoon is a critically acclaimed Korean poet whose work has influenced younger generations of feminist writers in South Korea.The brilliant Don Mee Choi has been translating her work into English for years. In her translator’s note, Choi writes: “Each of the forty-nine poems in Autobiography of Death represents one of the forty-nine days during which the spirit roams about after death, before it enters the cycle of reincarnation.”She also writes that Kim wrote these poems because of the 250 high school students who died unjustly in the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster. These poems are utterly haunting and worth every moment you spend with them.
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Interview: Emily Jungmin Yoon on her debut poetry collection "A Cruelty Special to our Species"Article
The Chicago Maroon / February 22, 2019
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Rencontre avec Kim Hyesoon et Claude Mouchard à ParisFrench(Français) Article
Magcentre / March 12, 2019
La poétesse coréenne sera samedi 16 mars à la Maison de la poésie à Paris. Elle y dira ses poèmes et dialoguera avec Koo Moduk et Claude Mouchard, professeur émérite orléanais de littérature comparée de l’Université Paris VIII , rédacteur en chef adjoint de la revue Po&sie, écrivain, maître d’œuvre de numéros spéciaux de la revue consacré à la poésie japonaise contemporaine et à la poésie sud-coréenne. Cet auteur a notamment traduit aux éditions Circé, avec Ju Hyounjin, l’ouvrage de Kim Hye-soon, “Ordures de tous les pays unissez-vous” (2016).
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20 inspiring new books to add to your reading list this monthEnglish(English) Article
Today / March 20, 2019
The pair, who were featured on the 3rd hour of TODAY, shared their list of stories for March. Read on below for this month's picks
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Autobiography of Death: Forty-Nine Poems to Guide You to the AfterlifeEnglish(English) Article
International Examiner / March 07, 2019
Seattle-based poet and translator Don Mee Choi has long been an advocate and translator for Korean poet Kim Hyesoon, and the newly published Autobiography of Death – the sixth book of Kim’s that Choi has translated – represents the height of what Choi and Kim’s collaborations have produced.
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ANNOUNCING THE BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD 2019 LONGLISTSEnglish(English) Article
BOOK RIOT / April 14, 2019
The Best Translated Book Award 2019 longlists for both the fiction and poetry awards have been announced at The Millions. This is the twelfth year that the Best Translated Book Award has honored and celebrated literature in translation.
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