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[TOTTALY DUBLIN] A SOUTH KOREA READER

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Article
http://totallydublin.ie/arts-culture/arts-culture-features/south-korea-reader/
Journal
TOTTALY DUBLIN
Issued Date
April 25, 2015
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Language
English(English)
Country
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Book
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Writer
Lee Kiho , Jung Young Moon , Jang Eun-Jin

About the Author

  • Lee Kiho
  • Birth : 1972 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kiho
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 이기호
  • ISNI : 0000000043629096
  • Works : 16
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  • English(English)

Despite the considerable international success of its musicians, filmmakers and contemporary artists, South Korea has never really figured on the global literary landscape. It’s difficult to know why exactly, especially from this vantage. The Korean language enjoys a comparatively belated relationship with the written word: it was without its own script until King Sejong introduced Hangeul to the masses in 1446. A less speculative explanation would point out that not very much of the work has been translated. This year Dalkey Archive has teamed up with the Literature Translation Institute of Korea to publish twenty-five new translations of contemporary Korean fiction. Totally Dublin took a look at three.

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