Korean Literature
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What to Read While Waiting for Nobel Prize Winner Han Kang’s Books
On Thursday, it was announced that South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” She is the first South Korean to receive this honor. With this Nobel win, we can expect a new surge… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reading: Translator Bruce Fulton
Editor’s note: Seattleites Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton will read from their translation of the work of Hwang Sunwon at the Montlake Branch on Tuesday, May 25, at 6:30 p.m. We asked Bruce how he and his wife came to work translating the masters of Korean literature. We also asked him what books (not in Korean) he… Continue reading