News from Abroad (50)

Roman / Sang chaud de Kim Un-su : critique
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- French
Roman / Sang chaud de Kim Un-su : critique

France
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Cine Chronicl
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Jan 20, 2020

Sang Chaud, c’est Le Parrain à la sauce coréenne, dans l’ambiance glauque et sordide du port de Busan, port tentaculaire de la Corée. Si Séoul est Paris, Busan c’est Marseille. Ses habitants ont le sang chaud, la pègre tient le haut du pavé et les docks abritent tous les trafics. Entre le Japon et...
The 12 Best Translated Books Of 2019
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The 12 Best Translated Books Of 2019

India
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HUFFPOST
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12/12/2019

This year, I was lucky enough to read an assortment of addictive books in translation. The ones that stole my heart ranged from pulpy fiction with trained assassins, stories of a boy on the run because of caste violence, a girl who eats live birds, an Omani family saga that won the Man Booker...
Powerful storyteller Kim Un-su touches global readers
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Powerful storyteller Kim Un-su touches global readers

Republic of Korea
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The Korean Times
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2019-12-27

Novelist Kim Un-su, 47, is one of the most-sought-after Korean writers in international book markets. His 2010 novel "The Plotters" has been translated into several languages and published in dozens of countries since its international debut in France in 2016. (...)
Güney Koreli edebiyatçılardan Türkiye'ye tanıtım çağrısı
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- Turkish
Güney Koreli edebiyatçılardan Türkiye'ye tanıtım çağrısı

Turkey
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Anadolu Ajansı
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November 14, 2019

Türkiye-Güney Kore arasında edebiyat eserlerin etkileşimini teşvik etmek ve Kore edebiyatını tanıtmak amacıyla Ankara'ya gelen Güney Koreli yazarlar Kim Un-su ve Choe Yun, Türkiye izlenimleri, karşılıklı eser çevirileri ve Güney ile Kuzey Kore sorununa yönelik görüşlerini AA muhabirine anlattı. Kim...
Güney Koreli edebiyatçılardan çağrı
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- Turkish
Güney Koreli edebiyatçılardan çağrı

Turkey
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Hürriyet
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November 15, 2019

Güney Koreli edebiyatçılar, Türkiye ile ülkeleri arasındaki ilişkilerin gelişmesi için Türk kültürünün Kore'de daha fazla tanıtılması gerektiğini söyledi. Türkiye-Güney Kore arasında edebiyat eserlerin etkileşimini teşvik etmek ve Kore edebiyatını tanıtmak amacıyla Ankara'ya gelen Güney Koreli...

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International Events (5)

Brive International Book Fair
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- France
Brive International Book Fair

2018/11/09 to 2018/11/11

From November 9 to 13, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) held a Korean literary event at the Foire du livre de Brive, and supported the participation of author Kim Un-su (whose short story anthology Jab! Was recently published in France) at the event. First held in 1973, the...
The Paris International Book Fair
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- France
The Paris International Book Fair

2016/03/17 to 2016/03/20

Korea was invited as the Guest of Honor at the 2016 Paris International Book Fair, held from March 16–20, in celebration of 130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France. Nearly 3,000 writers from 45 countries attended the fair where around 800 events were held. A total of 30 Korean...
French literary festival "Meeting"
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- France
French literary festival "Meeting"

2015/11/19 to 2015/11/25

LTI Korea took part in the literary festival “Meeting” held in Saint-Nazaire and Paris from November 19 to 25. Korea was invited as the Guest of Honor at the festival this year in commemoration of 130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France. The theme this year was “Traduire la Vie...
Tokyo International Book Fair
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- Japan
Tokyo International Book Fair

2015/07/01 to 2015/07/04

LTI Korea participated at the 2015 Tokyo International Book Fair from July 1 to 4, together with writers Kang Young-sook and Kim Un-su. On June 30, a day before the fair was set to open, writer Kim Un-su gave a lecture on the topic “Why I Write” at Gakushuin University. The writer spoke in an...
Saint-Loius Literary Festival
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- France
Saint-Loius Literary Festival

2013/05/01 to 2013/05/08

The two writers Cheon Un-yeong and Kim Un-su, who were invited to the Saint-Louis Literary Festival in France, met with French readers from May 3rd to 5th. The writers’ works, Farewell, Circus! (Adieu le cirque!) by Cheon and The Cabinet (Le Placard) by Kim were translated and each published by...

Translated Books (24)

Likwidator
- Book
- Polish
Likwidator

Poland
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KIM UN-SU
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김언수
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2019
/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction

Najnowsze dzielo autora okrzyknietego ,,koreanskim Henningiem Mankellem" to znakomity thriller, którego akcja rozgrywa sie w alternatywnej rzeczywistosci Seulu, gdzie gildie platnych zabójców tocza...
Sang chaud
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- French
Sang chaud

France
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KIM UN-SU
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김언수
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2020
/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction

Guerres de succession dans la mafia coréenne " Après le polar scandinave, place au polar coréen ! Kim Un-su, le "Henning Mankell' de Corée, ouvre la voie. " The Guardian À propos des Planificateurs,...
Komplocular
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- Turkish
Komplocular

Turkey
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KIM UN-SU
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김언수
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2020
/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction

"Endişelenme. İnsan kolay kolay ölmez. Kafasından vurulup beyninde kurşunla otuz yıl hayatta kalan da var. Cenazeci, tabutun kapağına çivi çakarken dirilen de... Yaşamak, böyle şaşırtıcı, zalim ve...
Los Planificadores
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- Spanish
Los Planificadores

Spain
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Un-su Kim
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김언수
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2020
/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction

Lo importante no es quién dispara, sino quién está detrás del que aprieta el gatillo. Los planificadores trabajan en la sombra para organizar crímenes que ejecutarán asesinos profesionales como...
The Plotters
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The Plotters

U.S.A.
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KIM UN-SU
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김언수
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2019
/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction

A fantastical crime novel set in an alternate Seoul where assassination guilds compete for market dominance. Behind every assassination, there is an anonymous mastermind--a plotter--working in the...