Asian Review of Books / September 30, 2017

As contemporary Korean literature receives increasing acclaim in English-language circles—Han Kang’s The Vegetarian won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize—it is perhaps inevitable that efforts are being made to introduce older Korean classics to the English language mainstream. One of of these is Sweet Potato, a newly-translated volume of short stories by Kim Tongin (or Kim Dong-in) written mostly in the Japanese colonial period between the Wars.“Kim Tongin’s literary achievements had important literary historical significance, leading to the establishment of modern Korean fiction and its rapid popularization,” writes Youngmin Kwon in the introduction. Kim’s place in Korean literary history is perhaps a matter for scholars; not being one, I can only come to this collection more or less as a general reader would.

South China Morning Post / October 09, 2017

As contemporary Korean literature receives increasing acclaim in English-language circles – Han Kang’s The Vegetarian won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize – it is perhaps inevitable that efforts are being made to introduce older Korean classics to the English language mainstream. One of these is Sweet Potato, a newly translated volume of short stories by Kim Tongin (or Kim Dong-in) written mostly in the Japanese colonial period between the wars.

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Reliving the Korean Film Renaissance (1950s-1960s)   By Chung Chong-hwa on Oct 28 2014 02:25:12 Vol.6 Winter 2009 After the liberation from Japanese rule in 1945, the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, and the declaration of a cease-fire in 1953, Korean society began its reconstruction phase in earnest. Amidst the wave of Western modernism—best represented by American culture—audiences became enamored with the glamorous American life shown in Hollywood genre films. Poet and literary critic Lim Wha once stated that cinema in the Joseon era first began by “cooperating with different neighboring cultures.” In fact, throughout its history, Korean cinema has constantly negotiated and merged with different art forms. It probably goes without saying that Korean cinema has always maintained a close relationship with literature. Traditional classic novels that are familiar to native Koreans, popular novels including newspaper serials, and literary fiction, which guaranteed the artistic level of the film, were always in constant demand from the film industry.

聯合新聞網 / June 27, 2021

文學獎制度是由多種制度相互交織而成的韓國文學場主要組成部分。目前在韓國實施的文學獎數量超過一百多種，其獎項性質也相當多樣。這些眾多文學獎分別由不同規模的出版社、言論媒體、文學團體或文藝雜誌、企業財團、地方政府、大學，以及個別作家紀念會等具文化屬性的機構所設置。其中，有些是以出版社和地方政府合辦方式管理，有些是由言論媒體和文學團體共同主辦，因此很難明確指出其所屬主管單位。此外，考慮到詩、小說、散文、童話、戲劇、文學批評等各文學領域都分別設有各自的文學獎項，因此以何種標準同時又如何對其分類，其實並非易事。不過，整體來看仍可以大分為以作家命名的文學獎以及其他二類，在此姑且依此分類略作介紹。