2019-09-05 / II00000032

KLN is published and distributed for the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas. The theme of KLN Vol. 45 is Bapsang, which is where communication or disconnection occurs in daily life. This is an excerpt from “Noodles” by Kim Soon.

2019-03-29 / II00000144

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 Japanese translation of One Person by Kim Soom.

2021-11-25 / II00000870

This 51-page final report of the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival contains the following information: results of the festival, program structure and operation, participating writers, survey (participating writers and audiences) results, opening keynote speeches, closing keynote speeches, related articles and media coverage

2022-03-03 / II00001098

This is an essay by Kim Soom, the Featured Writer of KLN Vol. 55, who celebrates the 25th anniversary of her literary debut. The text, excerpted from her short story collection Will I Be Able to Touch the Tree? allows the reader to experience the author’s root and family tree, and at the same time, learn about the “root story” that is the central axis of her literary world.

2022-03-03 / II00001099

This is an interview with Kim Soom, the Featured Writer of KLN Vol. 55, who celebrates the 25th anniversary of her literary debut. The interview approaches Kim’s literary world with various keywords and sheds light on her works from various angles. In line with the theme of this issue “The Female Family Tree,” the history seen through the author’s literary perspective is understood through her books Fighting Dog (2005), Cheol (Iron, 2008), One Left (2016), Sublime is Looking Inward (2018), Have You Ever Wished for a Soldier to Be an Angel? (2018), Will I Be Able to Touch the Tree? (2019), Drifting Land (2020), and Listening Time (2021).

2022-03-03 / II00001100

This is an essay on Kim Soom, the Featured Writer of KLN Vol. 55. In this essay, literary critic Jang Soohee takes the “backmasking technique” in music to describe the literary world of Kim Soom, who highlights the lives of laborers and “comfort women” and rewrites the history of women and laborers in her works such as “The Ulsan Period: Spirit and Fire” (Munye Joongang Spring 2007), Cheol (Iron, 2008), and One Left (2016).

2022-03-03 / II00001101

This is an excerpt from a short story by Kim Soom, the Featured Writer of KLN Vol. 55. An excerpt from her short story “The Man Who Touches Waves,” published in Hyundae Munhak January 2022 issue has been translated into English for overseas readers. Based on a conversation with a teacher who became blind, this story presents a literary experience in which the readers can relate to the lives of those who were excluded from mainstream history

2016-04-01 / II00000340

This is a poster that announces the Culture Day – A Meeting with Writer held at the LTI Korea Library on April 27, 2016, with writer Kim Soom.

2021-05-18 / II00000868

This is the poster of the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival. Under the theme of Awakening, the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival was held from Oct 8th to 24th in a hybrid format (online and offline), and invited 33 writers from Korea and abroad.

2021-09-08 / II00000869

The 33-page program of the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival contains an outline, a calendar of events, information on participating writers, and a detailed program in both English and Korean.