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[49th Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize winners Yang Eun-mi and Ed Bok Lee

Yang Eun-mi is a poet who earned her master's degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh where she won the Grierson Verse Prize. She is currently working on her doctoral thesis regarding problems in Korean-English translation, how global readers react to English editions of Korean literature, and most of all fundamental factors that might be hinder Korean lit...

2018-11-29 20:58

[49th Translation Awards] Poetry Grand Prize

The mummy of an Incan manWas allegedly found in the Andes MountainsFrozen, eyes shut, the whole body curled up.The worn-out head skin reveals skull;Ragged clothingClings to the armpits and genitals a bit like hair.This body that has been dead over a thousand yearsLooks like ruins, not a corpse. Its flesh has not actually rotted, justBecome worn, or broken like the stone pilla...

2018-11-29 20:48

[49th Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award winner Sean Lin Halbert

Sean Lin Halbert, born and raised in Seattle, graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Korean Language and a B.S. in Applied Physics. He is currently getting his master's degree at the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Seoul National University.He became interested in the translation of Korean literature in college.

2018-11-29 20:35

[49th Translation Awards] Fiction Commendation Award - The Other Side

“Let's go to Noryangjin Fish Market this Christmas,” said Isu as he folded towels. “Noryangjin?” Tohwa was cutting some seomcho spinach in the kitchen when she turned her head to speak. Even though the kitchen - if one could even call it that - was only a few steps from the living room, you had to raise your voice a little when speaking to someone on the other side. “Yeah, wh...

2018-11-29 20:24

[49th Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize winner Kim Seol-kyung

Kim Seol-kyung is a translator who graduated from Ewha Womans University Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation (GSTI) with a master's degree in English-Korean translation in 2015. She was first introduced to literary translation while at Ewha GSTI, where courses were stimulating and intriguing, and the translation of both fiction and poetry, especially from Korean...

2018-11-29 19:56

Translation award honors translators' effort in reading social context

[49th Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize - A Covering Hand

I open the window above the sink and look outside. The sea surface has risen slightly since yesterday. It has been raining all morning. When it rains, the cross also gets wet. I place the two rockfish I bought at the market during the day onto a cutting board. I put strength into my hand holding the knife, and the feeling of fish bone, muscle, and flesh getting crushed spread...

2018-11-29 19:41

Translation award honors translators' effort in reading social context

[49th Translation Awards] Judges' Report

In recent years our expectations as judges for the Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards have been elevated due to the rising quality of the submitted works. We are happy to report that this year's entries once again did not disappoint. Especially notable were the high proficiency of English demonstrated by the contestants and their discerning taste in serious contempor...

2018-11-29 19:26

Translation award honors translators' effort in reading social context

Translation award honors translators' effort in reading social context

As more and more Korean authors are becoming cosmopolitan, international interest in Korean literature has picked up and the importance of good translators who can deliver this without harming the original text is increasing. Hosted by The Korea Times and sponsored by KB Financial Group, the Modern Korean Literature Translation Award aims to promote the translation of Korean ...

2018-11-29 17:40

[49th Translation Awards] Judges' Report

49th Korea Times Translation Awards Ceremony [PHOTOS]

Congratulations. From left: Poet Kim Ki-taek, judges Jung Ha-yun and Brother Anthony, winners Yang Eun-mi, Kim Seol-kyung and Sean Lin Halbert, Korea Times President-Publisher Lee Byeong-eon, KB Financial Group's Managing Director and chief public relations officer Sung Chai-hyun and Korea Times Managing Editor Shim Jae-yun.

2018-11-29 16:21

Winners of 49th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards

The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of the 49th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards. The Grand Prize winner in fiction is Kim Seol-kyung for her translation of "A Covering Hand" by novelist Kim Ae-ran. The Grand Prize winner in poetry is the team of Yang Eun-mi and Ed Bok Lee for their translation of 10 poems by Kim Ki-taek, including "Death of a Thousa...

2018-10-31 22:16

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