2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival Essay

2005-05-07 / II00000002

This collection of essays from the 2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival contains essays by 40 writers under the age of 45. The festival took place on May 18~24, 2008 in Seoul, Youngju and Andong.

2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival

2008-05-01 / II00000003

This anthology from the 2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival contains selected works of 40 writers under the age of 45. The festival took place on May 18~24, 2008 in Seoul, Youngju and Andong.

2008 Seoul International Writers’ Festival Final Report

2008-05-19 / II00000004

This is the final report of the 2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival, which took place on May 18~24, 2008 in Seoul, Youngju and Andong. The final report contains an overview of the festival, information on the program and participating writers and interviews.

_List Vol.12

2011-06-01 / II00001081

The theme of _List Vol. 12 is “The New Imagination Trends in Modern Korean Fiction.” Under the four subthemes “Korean history and fiction after 1987,” “from politics to ethics,” “experimenting with the imagination,” and “popular culture connects with literature,” this issue introduces 13 contemporary Korean writers (Jeong Yi Hyun, Kim Ae-ran, Jeong Seong-tae, Kim Yeonsu, Hwang Jungeun, Kim Taeyong, Pyun Hye Young, Yun Ko Eun, Han Yujoo, Kim Young-ha, Park Min-gyu, Kim Kyung-uk, and Kim Junghyuk). In addition, this issue features interviews with novelists Pyun Hye Young and Park Min-gyu, Korean publishing trends, coverage of the acceptance of Korean literature overseas, author’s notes by poet Kim Min-jeong, a spotlight on a literary site, book reviews of fiction/nonfiction/children’s literature, and an excerpt from Kim Ae-ran’s short story “A Pool of Saliva” and introduces steady sellers, publishers, and trends in Korean literature to overseas readers.

KLN Vol.61 Reviews: Everything is (Not) Fine

2023-09-01 / II00001246

This is a review of the Russian translation of Jeong Yi Hyun’s The Age of Benign Violence

KLN(Korean Literature Now) Vol.66

2024-12-01 / II00001513

KLN Vol. 66 features two main themes: a special feature on Han Kang, the 2024 Nobel laureate in Literature and the cover feature “On Growing Old.” In the special feature on Han Kang, six translators, including Deborah Smith (who translated The Vegetarian into English), a literary critic, and an editor discuss Han and her literary world. In the Cover Feature essays, a literary critic and two writers discuss the theme “On Growing Old.” This issue also features an interview with the Featured Writer Jin Eun-young, ten of her poems, and an essay on her works. The Bookmark section features the short stories “Guarded by Light” by Cho Hae-jin and “Lingering Feelings” by Park Seon Woo, as well as two poems each by poets Choi Ji Eun and Sin Yong-Mok. In the Inkstone section, the final installment of the English translation of the Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min has been published. A panel of reviewers made up of a literary critic, writers, a translator, and an editor has reviewed five works: Dog Days by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Walking Practice by Dolki Min, Taking my Voice by Chung Serang, Counterweight by Djuna, and Counsel Culture by Kim Hye-jin.