2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Author Ko Un Introductory Booklet

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This is an introductory booklet on Ko Un, 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. Ko Un participated in the main program in October and special events in March, September and October. This 21-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Poetry Excerpts’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by the literary critic Yoo Sung-ho, and translated by Han Jung-hwa. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. The booklet contain eight poems including “Time with Dead Poets” translated into German. Ko Un participated in literary events in Yena, Leipzig (March), Düsseldorf (September), Berlin (October), and then at Frankfurt House of Literature, Museum Angewandte Kunst and Cologne House of Literature as part of the main program in October. As one of the 12 Masters of Korean Literature, he was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair Korean Pavilion—with a large photograph and a list of his major works and translated titles. Several of his works have been published in German including: Stars of Homeland (1996), the Zen poetry collection What Is It? (2005), Waking Up (2007) and Flower of the Moment (2011).

2005 Frankfurt Book Fair Shin Kyeong-nim Introductory Booklet

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This is an introductory booklet on Shin Kyeong-nim, 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 March. This 17-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Poetry Excerpts’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by the literary critic Hong Yong-hee, and translated by Yoon Il-sook. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. The booklet contains eight poems including ‘The Silhouettes of My Mother and Grandmother’ translated into German. He participated in literary events in Leipzig and Dresden (March) and at the Frankfurt Book Fair Korean Pavilion and Darmstadt Gallery (October). Several of his works have been published in German including: The Silhouettes of My Mother and Grandmother (2003) and Farmers’ Dance (2005).

2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Author Chong Hyon-jong Introductory Booklet

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This is an introductory booklet on Chong Hyon-jong, 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. Chong Hyon-jong author participated literary events in March and September, and in the main program in October. This 21-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Poetry Excerpts’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by the literary critic Lee Gwang-ho, and translated by Yoon Il-sook. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. The booklet contains seven poems including ‘The Island’ translated into German. He attended literary events in Leipzig, Jena (March), Berlin (September) and at the Frankfurt Book Fair Korean Pavilion, the Frankfurt House of Literature, and the Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (FFF) in October. The German translation of his poetry collection The Island was published in 1996.

Korean Poetry in Bangla: Seoul to Soul: Poems from Korea by Kang Unkyo et al.

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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 Bengali translation of Poems from Korea by Kang Unkyo et al.

2015 Frankfurt Book Fair: Author Hwang Tong-gyu Introductory Booklet

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This is an introductory booklet on poet Hwang Tong-gyu, produced for the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair. Hwang Dong-gyu participated in literary events in Literaturwerkstatt in Berlin (Oct 16) and Weltempfang at the Frankfurt Book Fair (Oct 18). On Oct 19 at Palais Fürstenberg, he gave a reading from his work Flower’s Silence, engaged in an interview, and interacted with readers. This 21-page booklet consists of: “About the Author”, “About the Work”, “About the Translators”, and excerpts from Flower’s Silence and A Winter Night at 00:05 Hours.

2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Author Kim Ji-ha Introductory Booklet

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This is an introductory booklet on poet Kim Ji-ha, produced for the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair. This 21-page booklet consists of: “About the Author and His Literary World”, “Poetry”, “The Poet’s Voice and Criticism”, “Biography” and “Bibliography”. The excerpt is taken from The Agony of the Center.

The Thanatos Room: Selected Works by Yi Sang

2021-03-01 / II00000590

Korean Literature Now (KLN), a literary journal produced and distributed to introduce Korean literature and writers to the general public and experts abroad and form a discourse on Korean literature, accepts and publishes publishers’ and literary critics’ reviews of translated works of Korean literature that have been published outside of Korea. This is a review of Yi Sang: Selected Works, an English translation of the selected works of Yi Sang.

2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Author Hwang Tong-gyu Introductory Booklet

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This is an introductory booklet on Hwang Tong-gyu, 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 May. This 21-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Poetry Excerpts’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by literary scholar Lee Soo-jung, and translated by Chu Geum-hwan. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. The booklet contains seven poems including ‘Wind Burial 1’ translated in German. He participated in literary events in Hamburg in May and at the Frankfurt Book Fair Korean Pavilion and Museum Angewandte Kunst in October. As one of the 12 Masters of Korean Literature, he was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair Korean Pavilion—with a large photograph and a list of his major works and translated titles. Several of his works have been published in German including: Wind Burial (1996), Flower’s Silence (2015), and A Winter Night at 00:05 Hours (2015).

2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Author Hwang Ji-u Introductory Booklet

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This is an introductory booklet on Hwang Ji-u, 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 March, April and September. This 25-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Poetry Excerpts’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by the literary critic Shin Hyung-cheol, and translated by Kang Yeo-Kyu. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. The booklet contains eight poems including ‘37’ translated in German. Hwang Ji-u participated in literary events in Leipzig (March, Leipzig Book Fair), Düsseldorf (April), Berlin (September), Frankfurt House of Literature and Romanfabrik (October). Several of his works have been published in German including: One Day I Will Sit in a Dimly-Lit Bar (2003) and The Shadow of the Fish (2006).

2011 Literary Events in Australia with Korean Poets : Author Hwang Tong-gyu Introductory Booklet

2011-08-26 / II00000493

This is an introductory material on poet Hwang Tong-gyu, produced for the 2011 Literary Event in Australia with Korean Poets. On August 28, poet Hwang Tong-gyu participated in the small poetry reading and discussion event held at the Red Room Poetry’s Clubhouse. On August 30, he participated in a lecture on the “Trend of Korean Poetry” and held a discussion with the members of a local literary society at the Chinese restaurant Yonggung in Sydney. He also participated in the Melbourne Writers Festival on September 3 and read his works in front of an audience of about 90 people at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. On September 4, Hwang recited his works, which was broadcast by 3RRR Radio. The 21-page information booklet consists of three sections: “About the Author,” “About the Works,” and “Excerpts.” It includes Hwang’s poems such as “Blossom,” “Port of Call,” and “Magnolia Vine Berry Liqueur.”