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    Culture  >  Books  >  
    Nobel laureate releases book about Korea's capital
    French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, otherwise known as J.M.G. Le Clezio, who has won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, recently published his first novel on Seoul called "Bitna: Under the Sky of Seoul."
    Books | 2017-12-17 15:05
    First edition of Yom Sang-seop's 'Sunflower' revealed
    Yom Sang-seop (1897-1963), who wrote "Frog in the Specimen Room" and "Three Generations," is a pioneer of modern literature in Korea, often dubbed a "writer of the period of dissatisfaction." However, Yom's life and much of his works are lesser known, except for his major novels. An exhibition at the National Library of Korea sheds light on the writer as a result of the libra...
    Books | 2017-12-15 16:59
    Book about wartime rape back in spotlight
    Korean, American and Japanese academics and artists voiced concern about a court's ruling that Park Yu-ha, the author of “Comfort Women of the Empire,” defamed victims of wartime sexual slavery.
    Books | 2017-12-11 16:24
    Touching quotes relieve stressed-out urbanites
    Bang Gui-hee, the publisher of the quarterly Sotdae Literature for disabled writers, said she feels touched whenever she passes the Kyobo Life building near Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul. There's a giant bulletin board set up above the front door of the building. The 20x8 meter board has quotes from poems or other literary works written by renowned authors. The same exc...
    Books | 2017-12-08 16:46
    Feminism, Moon Jae-in books top 2017 bestseller list
    “Feminism,” “President Moon Jae-in” and books based on popular TV dramas came in as the top keywords of this year’s publishing industry. Online bookstore Interpark said it picked up these three key words of the publishing industry this year based on its database. With Moon clinching victory in the May 9 presidential election, high expectations of the new administration influe...
    Books | 2017-12-01 17:06
    Award-winning author Han Kang announces new novel 'Farewell'
    The novel was included in Literature and Society's quarterly publication that hit domestic bookstores on Nov. 24.
    Books | 2017-11-30 17:26
    Choi Yearn-hong, Yonseian of the Year 2017
    Choi Yearn-hong, Yonseian of the Year 2017 Hong Hee-kyung, president of the Yonsei University Alumni Association of the Americas, announced Dr. Choi Yearn-hong as the Yonseian of the Year 2017, for his pilgrimage to commemorate the centennial of poet and fellow Yonsei alumni, Yoon Dong-ju’s birth, earlier this year. Choi has long celebrated Yoon’s life and literature through the establishment and foundation of the Yoon Dong-ju Group in the Washington Area, the only such organization outside Korea over the past twenty years, and most recently highlighted Yoon at the Korean Poets ...
    Books | 2017-11-26 18:57
    Improve office layout to enhance productivity, happiness
    Pixar is famous for its innovative policies, one of them being giving their employees money to buy their own office furniture as they wish. If every company was like Pixar, we'd already be living in a revolutionary society.
    Books | 2017-11-24 12:13
    New generation leads 48th Translation Awards
    Reflecting the heightened global interest in Korean literature, a record number of quality entries were submitted to the 48th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards this year. Fiction Grand Prize winner Sarah Lyo for her translation of Park Sol-moe's "Then What Do We Sing,” Poetry Grand Prize winner Charse Yun for his translation of Ham Min-bok’s poems and Fiction Commen...
    Books | 2017-11-17 19:02
    [Translation Awards] Judges' Report
    First of all, we were very pleasantly surprised by the large number of entries we received this year. The dwindling number of poetry translations in recent years had recently made us fear that fewer people were reading Korean poetry and attempting the difficult task of rendering it into English. This year, however, the number of poetry translations was almost equal to that of...
    Books | 2017-11-16 16:34
    • [Translation Awards] Grand Prize Winner in Poetry - Solace
    • [Translation Awards] Grand Prize Winner in Fiction - Then What Do We Sing
    • [Translation Awards] Commendation Award in Fiction - Xin chao, Xin chao
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