KLN(Korean Literature Now) Vo.45

2019-09-05 / II00000021

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. In literature, “Bapsang” offers insight into family, community, society, culture, and political ideology. This issue examines changes in the lives of Korean people through literary works.

Sea of Mirrors

2019-09-05 / II00000023

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. KLN Vol. 45 contains a note on Kim Hyesoon’s poetry by Choi Don Mee. Kim Hyesoon received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize. Choi Don Mee has translated several collections of Kim Hyesoon’s poetry.

A Note on Kim Hyesoon’s Autobiography of Death

2019-09-05 / II00000024

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. KLN Vol. 45 contains a note on Kim Hyesoon’s poetry by editor Jeffrey Yang. Kim Hyesoon received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize.

I Do WomanAnimalAsia

2019-09-05 / II00000025

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. KLN Vol. 45 contains an essay by Kim Hyesoon, who received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize.

Photos of Kim Hyesoon (KLN Vol. 45)

2019-09-05 / II00000026

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. KLN Vol. 45 contains photos of poet Kim Hyesoon

Selected Poems by Kim Hyesoon

2019-09-05 / II00000027

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. KLN Vol. 45 contains selected poems of Kim Hyesoon, who received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize.

Princess Bari Speaks: A Thousand Tongues of the Abandoned Daughter

2019-09-05 / II00000028

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. KLN Vol. 45 contains an essay on Korean women poets after 1980s with a focus on Kim Hyesoon.

A Singularity. Kim Hyesoon

2019-09-05 / II00000029

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. KLN Vol. 45 contains an essay on Kim Hyesoon, the winner of the 2019 International Griffin Poetry, by the US poet Joyelle McSweeney.

Knife Marks

2019-09-05 / II00000031

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 “Knife Marks” by Kim Ae-ran.

2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Author Ko Un Introductory Booklet

2005-10-19 / II00000044

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).