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.

2019-06-21 / II00000117

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 English translation of Diary of a Murderer by Kim Young-ha.

2020-03-12 / II00000188

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 Russian translation of Stories Told to the Moon by Kyung-sook Shin.

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.

2007-11-01 / II00000605

This is an introductory material on writer Jang Jung-il, produced for the award ceremony for the Korean Literature Essay Contest held in St. Petersburg, Russia. It includes an author bio and introductions to his works When Adam Opens His Eyes and Haembeogeo-e daehan myeongsang (햄버거에 대한 명상 A Meditation on Hamburgers).

2023-09-01 / II00001242

This is a review of the English translation of Shin Kyung-sook’s Violets.

2025-12-01 / II00001673

This is the English translation of Kim Young-ha’s essay “The Waltz of Expectation and Disappointment” from his essay collection Only One Life (2025), translated by Krys Lee.

2005-10-19 / II00000049

This is an introductory booklet on Kim Young-ha, 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. Kim Young-ha participated in literary events in March and the main program in October. This 21-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Analysis of I Have the Right to Destroy Myself’, ‘Excerpt’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by Kim Dong-shik, and translated by Kang Kyung-ah. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. Kim Young-ha participated in literary events in Leipzig and Weimar in March and then at Frankfurt House of Literature, Mousonturm and Cologne House of Literature in October. The German translation of I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (German title: Sterbehelfer) was published in Germany in 2013.

2005-10-19 / II00000062

This is an introductory booklet on Kyung-sook Shin, 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 June. This 21-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Analysis of The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness’, ‘Excerpt’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by literary scholar Baek Ji-hye, and translated by Choi Eun-ah. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. Kyung-sook Shin participated in literary events in Erlangen, Wien (June), Frankfurt House of Literature and Bad Homburg (October). The German translation of The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness was published by Pendragon in 2011.

2005-10-19 / II00000065

This is an introductory booklet on Oh Soo-yeon, 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. Oh Soo-yeon participated in literary events in April. This 21-page booklet consists of: ‘Author’s Literary World’, ‘Analysis of I Am Food’, ‘Excerpt’, ‘Voices of the Author and Critics’, ‘Biography’ and ‘Bibliography’. The material was put together and analyzed by Park Jeong-joon, and translated by Kim In-gyeom. The photographs were taken by Han Young-hee. Oh Soo-yeon’s literary events were held in Bonn and Düsseldorf in April. Her work ‘I Am Food’ was published in English and Korean by Asia Publishers in 2014—as part of the Korean Fiction Bilingual Edition Series.