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Korea Times translation award recognizes budding talents

Korea Times translation award recognizes budding talents

The 51st Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Award commemorated the winners' affection and passion for literature translation at an awards ceremony at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Thursday evening.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-11-12 21:33

Poet shares thought-provoking backstory

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award: The Aunt

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Commendation Award: The Aunt

Before our marriage, I had thought that Taewoo's father's side of the family was bustling, but that on his mother's side, there was only his grandmother. So when I first met his parents, I suspected his mother would be rather head-strong because she was an only child. We had the formal introductory get-together at a Chinese restaurant and his mother was the one who decided th...

2020-11-11 19:22

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Commendation Award winner Rina Kim

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Commendation Award winner Rina Kim

Rina Kim is a consultant and translator who was born in Seoul and grew up going back and forth between the U.S., Korea and England. She studied French and Russian as an undergraduate at Cambridge University before moving on to law at Duke University School of Law. She is a U.S.-licensed attorney and a member of the New York Bar.

2020-11-11 19:19

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Commendation Award: The Aunt

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Poetry Commendation Award: Two Colors in a Picture Book

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Commendation Award: Two Colors in a Picture Book

This picture book is horizontal and composed of only two colors. Color 1 and Color 2 are equally unimportant. That by itself intrigues the reader. If a character dies on the left page, the right page rejects it. Because only two colors exist in the picture book, coloring shadows isn't a real possibility. The fact that someone has died disrupts the narrative flow. It's a kind ...

2020-11-11 19:16

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Commendation Award winner Hedgie Choi

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Poetry Commendation Award winner Hedgie Choi

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Commendation Award winner Hedgie Choi

Hedgie Choi was born in Gwangju and grew up in the U.S. from ages seven to 17 before returning to her hometown. She received an undergraduate degree at Yonsei University and is pursuing a master's degree in creative writing at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas.

2020-11-11 19:10

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Commendation Award: Two Colors in a Picture Book

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize: Jab

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize: Jab

I have an old punching bag. It's about 120 centimeters long and made of genuine cowhide, one of those top-quality bags meant to hang in a boxing studio. I've still got it tied to a branch of the persimmon tree in my backyard. Years of exposure to rain and wind have damaged the bag to the point that one touch might make it puke out all its sand and sawdust filling. I haven't p...

2020-11-11 19:07

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize winner Hannah Hertzog

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize winner Hannah Hertzog

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize winner Hannah Hertzog

Hannah Quinn Hertzog is from Seattle, Washington, and graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2018 with three majors - Computer Science, Korean and Asian Languages and Literature.

2020-11-11 19:00

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize: Jab

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize: 1mg of Anaesthetic

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize: 1mg of Anaesthetic

1mg of anaesthetic put me to sleep Sending me Wandering across glaciers Having to scale an iceberg Ascending A mountain of medical waste1mg was too heavy Shouldering just 1mg I struggled to move up

2020-11-11 18:55

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize winner Mattho Mandersloot

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize winner Mattho Mandersloot

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize winner Mattho Mandersloot

Mattho Mandersloot is a freelance translator who grew up in the Netherlands and the U.K. He earned his bachelor's degree in Classics at King's College, and master's degree in Translation at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), before completing a master's in Korean Studies at the University of Oxford. He has been living in Seoul since 2019.

2020-11-11 18:52

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize: 1mg of Anaesthetic

[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Judges' Report

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsJudges' Report

What a year this has been! The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has ushered in a brave new world we have never experienced before, prompting institutions and individuals alike to rethink their opus operandi. Indeed, this crisis has demanded that we question in a fundamental way our mode of existence -the ways in which we organize space and time and communicate with others. So much has...

2020-11-11 18:42

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize winner Mattho Mandersloot

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsPoetry Grand Prize: 1mg of Anaesthetic

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize winner Hannah Hertzog

51st Korea Times Translation AwardsFiction Grand Prize: Jab

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