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[UNITED STATES]Korean Literature New York Reading Event
한국문학 뉴욕 낭독회
2023.09.09. ~ 10.06.
At the New York Literary Reading and Anthology Translation Launch Event for Korean Literature, we aim to introduce young poets actively engaged in the literary scene in Korea to the New York literary community. Through this event, we hope to foster exchange and collaboration between poets from New York and Seoul, discussing the potential for the spread of Korean literature worldwide.This event specifically targets readers and writers who are actively involved in English literature in the local community and those who have a keen interest in Korean literature. We encourage literary professionals in New York to participate in this event!During the event, poetry collections written by all three poets will be given out in a special raffle event for in-person participants!
____________________Program Schedule:October 6, 20231st Reading Session (The Korea Society)October 7, 20232nd Reading Session (The Fiction BK)October 8-9, 2023Exchange and Meetings with Local Literary ProfessionalsOctober 10 - December 31, 2023Production and Publication of Reading Session VideosCo-translation and Publication of the AnthologyDistribution of the Anthology
____________________At the New York Literary Reading and Anthology Translation Launch Event for Korean Literature, we aim to introduce young poets who are actively involved in the literary scene in Korea to the New York literary community. We also plan to engage in on-site exchanges with local literary figures and discuss the potential for the global dissemination of Korean literature. We hope that this event serves as the beginning of a vibrant exchange and collaboration between poets from New York and Seoul, leading to the establishment of a platform for meaningful interactions between the literary communities of the two cities.
About the Speakers:
Moon Bo Young is a poet and essayist. She made her debut by winning the New Literary Award of Joongang newspaper in 2016. Her first collection of poems Pillar of Books won the Kim Soo Young Prize in 2017 and was translated into English in 2021. She published a collection of stories titled The Hill of Yawn and several essay collections, namely The Best Long Run, I threw away today because I was anxious, The era of Diary, and The Kindest Way to Hate People. Her second collection of poems was titled The Battle Ground. She also launched a subscription service called Diary Postal Delivery. The service sends out various texts, such as poems, diaries, and novels, all handwritten and mailed directly to readers' homes. Her third collection of poems Sand bookstore has recently been published.
Soje is a poet and a translator. Soje is known for the translation of Lee Hyemi’s Unexpected Vanilla (Tilted Axis Press, 2020), Choi Jin-young’s To the Warm Horizon (Honford Star, 2021), and Lee Soho’s Catcalling (Open Letter Books, 2021). They also make chogwa, an e-zine that features one Korean poem and multiple English translations per issue.
Kim Sono is a poet, essayist, and multimedia artist. They have published two poetry collections, Night Soccer (2020) and The Film Set (2022), and the essay collection Rubato for the Unknown (2022). They currently write for Weekly Munhak, and have collaborated with Platform L, WINDMILL, Villa Hamilton, and the Suwon Museum of Art on various multimedia projects. They have also written lyrics for the K-pop band TOMORROW X TOGETHER.
Eunice Lee is a researcher, translator, and poet. Her translations of Korean poetry have appeared in The Margins (Asian American Writers' Workshop), Asymptote Journal, chogwa, Circumference, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture, Columbia Journal, and more. She is a Ph.D. candidate in English at Harvard University.
Kim Liyoun is a poet, writer, and visual artist. She is the author of the poetry collection Transparency Blend Space (2022) and the interdisciplinary essay collection Soft Materials (forthcoming 2024). She had her debut solo exhibition New Hands (2023) at RE:PLAT. Her poems, essays, and multi-sensory performances have been featured in various exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern Art, Korea (MMCA), Leeum Museum of Art, and Minbokjin Museum of Art Yangju City.
Jenny Jisun Kim is a visual artist and translator. She was the winner of Charm Agency’s 2022 Emerging Translator Prize, and she is currently translating Jaewon Che’s How do u want me? (working title) with the support of the American Literary Translators Association mentorship program. She also translates Korean art texts for DOOSAN Art Center and Ilmin Museum of Art.
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Festival
[ITALY]Book Tour for Author Bo-young Kim in Italy
김보영 작가 이탈리아 북투어
2023.10.28. ~ 11.02.
We believe this title is a great example of sci-fi literature, and offers an enjoyable literary experience and a sharp analysis, bringing the reader to better understand Korean culture and universal issues. Kim Bo-Young is a well-known writer in Korea, and with these events we hope to make the author and her production known to the Italian public as well.
Libreria Feltrinelli, the venue for the event, is one of the most important and well-known bookshop in Italy, hosting every year hundreds of presentations with the most important writer from all over the world.
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Festival
[COLOMBIA]Korea Week at the 17th 〈Medellin Book and Culture Festival〉
제17회 <메데진 국제도서 문화축제> 한국주간 행사
2023.09.06. ~ 09.20.
2023 Medellín Book and Culture FestivalMedezin Korean Culture Week _ ITM Global City 2023.For 10 days, it brings together different organizations that promote reading in the city, local, national and international authors, various artistic programs, conversations, talks and forums, as well as the participation of bookstores, independent and university publishers, major publishing houses, and invited cities and countries. The event, the largest of its kind in Latin America, gathers participants every year around the theme of literature.Bogotá 2023 Cultural Week _ Los Andes Cultural CenterThis is a domestic internationalization strategy promoted by ITM with the support of strategic allies at the national and international level, focused on strengthening the institutional culture of internationalization in the urban environment.From September 11 to 14, the city will host the 12th edition of Vive Korea 2023 - Creative Industries, with South Korea as the host country, promoting interregional cooperation and exchange through more than 25 academic and cultural activities.https://www.itm.edu.co/internacionalizacion/ciudad-global/
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[SOUTH KOREA]2023 K-Literature Fellowship
2023 해외 출판인 교류 행사
2023.09.07. ~ 09.11.
Korean Participants: Agency Soseol, BC Agency, Changbi, Eric Yang Agency, EunHaengNaMu, Gozknock Ent., Greenbook Agency, Han Agency, Hyundae Munhak, Jaeum & Moeum, Moonji, Munhakdongne, Sanzini, Wisdom House
International Participants: Gyldendal(Denmark), Grasset(France), Hanser Verlag(Germany),S. Fischer Verlag(Germany), Aschehoug(Norway), Grupo Planeta(Spain), Can(Türkiye), Atlantic Books(UK), Bonnier Books UK(UK), Granta Books(UK), Farrar, Straus, and Giroux(US), Forge Books(US), Faro Editorial(Brazil), Grupo Océano Mexico(Mexico), Aseer Alkotob(Egypt) -
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[UNITED STATES]US Tour Kim Hyesoon with Don Mee Choi
미국 북투어: 김혜순 시인, 최돈미 번역가
2023.09.30. ~ 09.08.
The Woodberry Poetry Room's 2023 Eliot Memorial Reading will honor one of the pre-eminent voices in South Korean poetry and the trailblazing author of fourteen inimitable books of poetry: Kim, Hyesoon.
Kim will read with her long-time translator -- the award-winning poet Don Mee Choi. Introductory remarks will be delivered by acclaimed poet, translator, and Harvard graduate Jack Jung.
In-Person Attendance: Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University, at 6:00pm.Free and open to the public. A book-signing provided by Grolier Poetry Book Shop will follow the event.
Online Attendance: Livestreaming available via the WPR YouTube Channel at 6:00pm (Eastern Standard Time).
____________________ABOUT KIM HYESOON: Kim Hyesoon is one of the most prominent and influential contemporary poets of South Korea. The recipient of the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize, the 2021 Cikada Prize, and the Samsung Ho-Am Prize in 2022, Kim was the first woman poet to receive the prestigious Kim Su-yong and Midang awards.
In a recent New Yorker profile, she was quoted saying: “Feminism isn’t something you’re born believing. Feminism is going through life and changing yourself.” Kim’s fourteenth book of poetry After Earth Dies, Who Will Moon Orbit? appeared last year, and her latest (highly-anticipated) English-language edition, Phantom Pain Wings, has just been published by New Directions (2023).
Kim’s poems have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, The Nation, Guernica, and Boston Review. In addition, her poetry has been translated into Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Danish, and Swedish. Kim is a professor emeritus of Seoul Institute of the Arts. She lives in Seoul with her husband Lee, Kang-Baek a renowned playwright, and her artist daughter Lee, Fi Jae.
ABOUT DON MEE CHOI: Born in Seoul, South Korea, Don Mee Choi is the author of DMZ Colony (Wave Books, 2020), which received the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. Her work also includes Hardly War (Wave Books, 2016), and The Morning News Is Exciting (Action Books, 2010). She is a recipient of fellowships from MacArthur, Guggenheim, Lannan, and Whiting Foundations.
Choi has translated several collections of Kim's poetry, including Anxiety of Words (Zephyr, 2006), Mommy Must Be a Fountain of Feathers (Action Books, 2008), All the Garbage of the World, Unite! (Action Books, 2011), Autobiography of Death (New Directions, 2018) and Phantom Pain Wings (2023).
After working in Seattle for a couple of decades, Choi now lives in Berlin with her husband Jay Weaver, a musician and schoolteacher. Her forthcoming book is Mirror Nation (Wave Books, April 2024). -
Festival
[GERMANY]23rd International Literaturfestival berlin
제23회 베를린국제문학축제
2023.09.06. ~ 09.16.
The international literature festival berlin (ilb) ranks as one of the world’s most important literary events Its comprehensive stylistic and thematic spectrum is unique encompassing prose, poetry, non fiction, graphic novels as well as children’s and young adult literature.
The program ranges from rou ndtable discussions with Nobel Prize winners in literature to events aimed at promoting reading and the teaching of literature. Contemporary political issues and scientific discourse are discussed, as are trends in the literary scene with all its forms, te mperaments, and styles. From mainstream to niche. The aim of the ilb is to address as broad an audience as possible and to involve them in a variety of ways.
The festival offers individuals in Berlin and the surrounding region an extraordinary op portunity to gain a curated insight into the fascinating world of literature.
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[FRANCE]Interview with author Han Kang for the release of her novel Impossibles adieux and other events
한강 『작별하지 않는다』 출간 기념 작가 인터뷰 및 행사
2023.08.31. ~ 09.06.
Created in 2010 in Morges (Switzerland), Le livre sur les quais will open its doors from the 1st to the 3rd of September will for its 14th edition. The programme is composed of encounters, literary cruises, performances, and book signings on Morges’ docks and in the city. The bookfair, which is so liked by the public for its conviviality, will once again explore the important themes of current literature such as race, the refugee crisis, the legacy of colonisation, history and current affairs as well as the importance of art and literature in our lives. Le livre sur les quais will welcome 180 authors who will participate in signings and in the artistic programming during the three days of the festival.So, make sure to attend!
There will also be interviews with the author, and everyone is welcome to join the event. If you're interested in Korean literature, don't miss this opportunity!
* There also will be held book festival in Swizerland.Saturday 2nd Septembre / Sunday 3rd September : Festival « Le livre sur les quais » in Morges (Switzerland) -
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[INDONESIA]The K-Book: Beyond the Hallyu Festival in Indonesia
인도네시아 한류 도서 축제
2023.07.01. ~ 09.30.
The Indonesia Hallyu Book Festival is an event organized by several K-Popers book communities, including 17Slibrary, Myday6reads, Staysread, IARC, Bibliobrose, Inimoading, Readersijeuni, and Eajarsreads, to boost reading interest in Indonesian society, particularly among K-Popers. According to CNN Indonesia, Indonesia has the second most K-Pop admirers behind Japan. According to these findings, there is a substantial chance of increasing literacy among K-Popers in Indonesia through the desire for reading books shown by K-Pop Idols, particularly those who read Korean literature. -
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[INDONESIA]Asian Book Festival x patjarmerah Kaget 2023 in Indonesia
2023년 아시아 북 페스티벌 X Patjarmerah Kaget
2023.09.09. ~ 10.09.
The Asian Book Festival was held with the spirit of equalizing access to reading and celebrating the love of Asian books and culture. “Kepulangan—Homecoming” is the chosen theme to symbolize our return to direct encounters, and return to our home and land: Asia. Nine days long, we want to welcome all of you to home: readers, writers, publishers, and whoever has love for Asian books and culture. Let's all read more and learn more about Asia!*Calenders below are based on WIB Time.
Kepulangan: Mengurai Benang Merah AsiaIn the first session, Kim Sang-hyun, together with three other Asian writers will share their thoughts about society’s expectations that often feel suffocating. They will also share about how they make the sound in creative way by writing and storytelling.
Sepanjang Hayat: Memahami Khawatir untuk Hidup (Sedikit) Lebih BaikWhereas in the second session, Kim sang-hyun will launch the newest Indonesian version of his book. He will share his process of making this book. -
