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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 12:33

LTI Korea's translation award shows global boom in Korean literature

LTI Korea's translation award shows global boom in Korean literature

The Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) announced the winners of its annual translation awards on Monday, recognizing their excellence in translation and contributions to promoting Korean literature worldwide. The 20th LTI Korean Translation Award went to E.J. Koh and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello who translated “The World's Lightest Motorcycle” by Lee Won i...

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-12-06 08:05

Book celebrating cineaste Park Chan-wook's 30-year career to go in print

Book celebrating cineaste Park Chan-wook's 30-year career to go in print

A comprehensive, limited-edition book highlighting cineaste Park Chan-wook's decades-spanning oeuvre is slated for publication early next month. In May, Park became the second Korean auteur ever to notch the Best Director prize at Cannes for his 2022 romance noir, “Decision to Leave,” starring Tang Wei and Park Hae-il. The film, which earned six awards at the Blue Dragon Film...

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-28 15:31

K-Book Festival 2022 to bring together lovers of Korean literature in Japan

K-Book Festival 2022 to bring together lovers of Korean literature in Japan

The K-Book Festival 2022 in Japan invites fans of contemporary Korean literature across the country for a weekend-long series filled with talks, performances and contests. The hybrid event is scheduled to be simultaneously held at the Bellesalle Kudan in Tokyo and broadcast live via the festival's YouTube channel from Nov. 26 to 27.

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-23 16:43

[Book Review] Wayne's “Great Man Theory” examines life of the everyman

Book ReviewWayne's “Great Man Theory” examines life of the everyman

The first line of Teddy Wayne's new novel, “The Great Man Theory,” presents a classic move of investing an unfamiliar character with a magnetic attraction: “'I am a Luddite', Paul typed.” As much as it is important to recognize Paul's explicit abhorrence of technological development rooted in his belief that “technological immersion has fomented the rise of right-wing extremi...

2022-11-16 13:29

'Uncanny Convenience Store' becomes newest book to sell over 1 million

'Uncanny Convenience Store' becomes newest book to sell over 1 million

The novel series, “Uncanny Convenience Store,” penned by Kim Ho-yeon, has become the newest title to sell over a million copies in Korea this week. According to the local publishing house, Namu Bench, as of Monday, the book's first volume had sold 800,000 copies, while the second sold more than 200,000.

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-15 16:33

LTI Korea launches web platform to facilitate global publications of Korean literature

LTI Korea launches web platform to facilitate global publications of Korean literature

As part of its mission to promote and facilitate the translation and international publication of Korean literature, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) has launched a new website called KLWAVE (Korean Literature Wave).

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-15 08:24

[INTERVIEW] International Booker Prize-winning 'Tomb of Sand' breaks down borders, celebrates plurality of life

INTERVIEWInternational Booker Prize-winning 'Tomb of Sand' breaks down borders, celebrates plurality of life

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - “No, no, I won't get up. Noooooo, I won't rise nowwww. Nooo rising nyooww. Nyooo riiise nyoooo. Now rise new. Now, I'll rise anew.” Uttered by author Geetanjali Shree in her mother tongue, Hindi, on the morning of Nov. 3, the delightful wordplay echoed through the convention hall at the Expo Centre Sharjah, filled with nearly 400 secondary scho...

Park Han-sol | 2022-11-09 16:58

English book on Korea's modern, contemporary art published

English book on Korea's modern, contemporary art published

An English-language introduction to Korea's 20th and 21st-century art has been published. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) said, Friday, it recently published the English-version of “Korean Art 1900-2020,” about a year after the Korean version came out.

Kim Rahn | 2022-10-29 08:42

Disappearance of 'average consumer' to dominate 2023's trend

Disappearance of 'average consumer' to dominate 2023's trend

The likelihood of a global recession is feared to grow throughout the rest of 2022, with the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, warning that the agency would issue downgrades to its growth projections for next year. Painting a grim picture of the global economy during her speech on Thursday at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., she n...

Park Han-sol | 2022-10-07 17:01

What language and translation mean for 2 Korean-born poets

What language and translation mean for 2 Korean-born poets

“Languages Walking Side by Side,” the title of the Sept. 24 talk session between poets Kim Hye-soon and Don Mee Choi at this year's Seoul International Writers' Festival, couldn't have been more of a fitting descriptor for the literary duo's relationship. Kim made headlines in 2019 as the first Asian woman to be named the winner of the prestigious International Griffin Poetry...

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-30 07:57

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