2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Author Kyung-sook Shin Introductory Booklet

2005-10-19 / II00000062

This is an introductory booklet on Kyung-sook Shin, produced for the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair, where Korea participated as the Guest of Honor for the first time and hosted the Korean Literature Tour Program. The author was one of the 62 delegates selected by LTI Korea’s Delegation Selection Committee on the basis of the following criteria: representativeness, existing publications of translated works, and overseas marketability. The entire literature program was co-organized by the LTI Korea, the Frankfurt Book Fair Organizing Committee, Daesan Cultural Foundation, Paradise Cultural Foundation and the International Communication Foundation (ICF). The events started at the Leipzig Book Fair in March and finished with the Guest of Honor Program in October. The author participated in the main program in October and literary events in June. This 21-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Analysis of The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness’, ‘Excerpt’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by literary scholar Baek Ji-hye, and translated by Choi Eun-ah. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. Kyung-sook Shin participated in literary events in Erlangen, Wien (June), Frankfurt House of Literature and Bad Homburg (October). The German translation of The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness was published by Pendragon in 2011.

2005 Frankfurt Book Fair Youn Dae-Nyeong Introductory Booklet

2005-10-19 / II00000067

This is an introductory booklet on Youn Dae-Nyeong, produced for the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair, where Korea participated as the Guest of Honor for the first time and hosted the Korean Literature Tour Program. The author was one of the 62 delegates selected by LTI Korea’s Delegation Selection Committee on the basis of the following criteria: representativeness, existing publications of translated works, and overseas marketability. The entire literature program was co-organized by the LTI Korea, the Frankfurt Book Fair Organizing Committee, Daesan Cultural Foundation, Paradise Cultural Foundation and the International Communication Foundation (ICF). The events started at the Leipzig Book Fair in March and finished with the Guest of Honor Program in October. The author participated in the main program in October and literary events in April. This 29-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Analysis of Cheonjigan’, ‘Excerpt’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by Jeong Yeo-wool, and translated by Elke Golchert-Jung. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. Youn Dae-Nyeong participated in literary events in Bonn and Düsseldorf (April) and at the Frankfurt Book Fair Korean Pavilion and Stadtbücherei Kronberg (October). Youn’s work ‘Cheonjigan’ was published in Hefte fuer ostasiatische Literatur 58 in 2015.

The Talking Cure: Stories Told to the Moon by Shin Kyung-sook

2020-03-12 / II00000188

For the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas, KLN publishes book reviews by overseas scholars and publishers. This is a review of the Russian translation of Stories Told to the Moon by Kyung-sook Shin.

2014 London Book Fair: Author Kyung-sook Shin Introductory Booklet

2014-03-05 / II00000289

This is an introductory booklet on novelist Kyung-sook Shin produced for the 2014 London Book Fair Korea Market Focus. On April 9, in PEN Salon, Kyung-sook Shin discussed her literature with a focus on I’ll Be Right There—the English translation of which was due to be published following the success of Please Look After Mom. On April 9, in Whitehall Room, she participated in the literary seminar “Families, Relationships and Society”, where she discussed the conflict between the traditional and the modern, and space between the old and the young. On April 10, in Asia House, she discussed the impact of the partition of a country and divisions of families on society and her work. This 20-page booklet consists of: “About the Author”, “About the Work” and “Excerpts”.

2009 Korea-Russia Literary Event : Author Shin Kyung-sook Introductory Booklet

2009-04-01 / II00000502

This is an introductory material on writer Shin Kyung-sook, produced for the Korea-Russia Literary Event. Shin participated in the “Korea-Russia Conversation with Writers” on October 23, followed by a poetry reading at Moscow State University in October 26, where she communed with local Russian students who were studying Korean literature. The information booklet consists of eight pages.

Shin Kyung Suk (申京淑)

2007-08-31 / II00000595

This is an introductory material for novelist Shin Kyung-sook for the invitational event titled “Hearing from Three Representative Korean Female Writers” held at the Korean Cultural Center China on August 31, 2007, and a cultural conference of Korean-Chinese writers. At the 14th Beijing International Book Fair, Shin Kyung-sook introduced her world of works and her novel The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness, which was translated and published in Chinese, and had a discussion with the audience. The introductory material consists of the introduction of the novelist Shin Kyung-sook and her works The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness and The Court Dancer.

KLN Vol.61 Reviews: The Violent Violation of Violets

2023-09-01 / II00001242

This is a review of the English translation of Shin Kyung-sook’s Violets.

_List Vol.4

2009-06-01 / II00001073

The theme of _List Vol. 4 is “100 Years of Korean Manhwa.” Under the subthemes “100 Years of Korean Manhwa,” “Young Artists Face New Challenges,” “Web Scrolling Korean Style,” “Manhwa Meets History and Martial Arts,” and “Educational Manhwa Makes Learning Fun,” this issue examines the implications for the expansion of Korean manhwa’s influence around the world while tracing back its history and assessing its current state. In addition, this issue features interviews with novelist Shin Kyung-sook and poet Hwang Tong-gyu, Korean publishing trends, coverage of the acceptance of Korean literature overseas, a spotlight on a literary site, and book reviews of fiction/nonfiction/children’s literature and introduces steady sellers, publishers, and trends in Korean literature to overseas readers.

_List Vol.19

2013-03-01 / II00001088

The theme of _List Vol. 19 is “Children’s Non-Fiction Picture Books.” Under the four subthemes “New Horizon of Children’s Book Illustrations,” “A Different Aspect of Children’s Non-Fiction Picture Books,” “Children Growing with Non-Fiction Picture Books,” and “Seeing Again and Anew,” this issue sheds light on the world of children’s nonfiction picture books, which has now come under the spotlight. In addition, this issue features interviews with writer Jung Young Moon and cartoonist Lee Woo-il, Korean publishing trends, coverage of the acceptance of Korean literature overseas, a spotlight on a literary site, book reviews of fiction/nonfiction/children’s literature, and the translation of Youn Dae-Nyeong’s short story “The Walk of Light" (from Many Stars Drifted to One Place, 2010) and introduces steady sellers, publishers, and trends in Korean literature to overseas readers.