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.

2020-06-12 / II00000207

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.

2006-03-17 / II00000598

This is an essay written by poet Shin Kyeong-nim, included in the introductory material produced for a symposium on contemporary poetry held in Bordeaux, France, in 2006.

2021-03-16 / II00000600

This is an essay written by poet Ko Un, included in the introductory material produced for a symposium on contemporary poetry held in Bordeaux, France, in 2006.

2006-03-16 / II00000601

This is an introductory material on poets Shin Kyeong-nim, Cho Jeonggwon, Hwang Ji-U, and Ko Un, produced for a symposium on contemporary poetry held in Bordeaux, France, in 2006. It includes one-page introduction to each of the four poets, consisting of a bio, major works, and quotations from major works.

2022-06-03 / II00001122

This is an interview with Kim Seung-hee, the Featured Writer of KLN Vol. 56. It provides the readers a glimpse into the passion and the work of Kim Seung-hee, who has built a solid world of poetry through continued contribution to the literary world by publishing poetry and fiction, including Taeyang misa (1979, Mass for the sun), Dalgyal sog-ui saeng (1989, Life inside an egg), Eomeoni-ui eumseonggachi yet aein-uieumseong gachi (2021, Like a mother’s voice, like an old lover’s voice), and Danmujiwabeikeon-ui jinsilhan saram (2021, The truthful human of pickled radish and bacon).

2022-06-03 / II00001123

These are 10 poems by Kim Seung-hee, the Featured Writer of KLN Vol. 56, translated into English. They include three of her new poems that highlight the poet’s unique literary insight, “Spring, Escaping Capitalism,” “Ultrasound Heartbeat,” and “Freedom from Sudden Rain,” as well as seven poems in her poetry collection The Truthful Human of Pickled Radish and Bacon: “Peony’s Time,” “Hall of Love,” “Watching from the Airport,” “The Lily and the Post-it,” “On Childbirth,” “Silent Night, Holy Night,” and “The Truthful Human of Pickled Radish and Bacon.”

2022-06-03 / II00001124

This is an essay on the poet Kim Seung-hee, the Featured Writer of KLN Vol. 56. In this essay titled “From the Priestess of the Sun to the Poet of the Earth,” literary critic Lee Kyungsoo compares the life and work of poet Kim Seung-hee to the sun and the earth. Lee chronicles the time and era that the poet has lived through, and at the same time approaches her work with various keywords such as woman and freedom, while introducing Kim’s world of works.

2023-04-07 / II00001164

This is a Cover Feature essay of KLN Vol. 59. Under the theme of “Community of Memory,” poet Jang Mi-do explores the role that literature and storytelling can play within a community in the face of social tragedies, through poems, including Jin Eun-young’s “After That Day,” Kim Hyun’s “Life Is,” Kim Hyesoon’s “I Want to Go to the Island,” and Lee Young ju’s “We Cannot Start Our Sorrow.”

2023-06-05 / II00001207

This is an interview with the KLN Vol. 60 Featured Writer Ra Heeduk. The interviewer, poet Lee Da Hee, focuses on the ecological trends evident in poet Rah Heeduk’s recent poems as a major topic of discussion and asks questions about the poet’s creative process, sources of inspiration, and the changes in her thematic consciousness. Shedding light on the poet’s attention to the humble beings who are the first to be sacrificed in the climate crisis, the interview prompts the reader to contemplate the vital role that poetry and art should undertake in the Anthropocene.