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Special Project [Book & Media ⑥] My Brilliant Life The Story of the Youngest Parent and the Oldest Child 2023.07.03 The three family members move through the world at a different pace than everyone else.The joy of life, the thrill of love, and the fear of death... make life brilliant in different ways.And the meaning of life and death, and family and love, is found within. The book My Brilliant Life (Changbi) is the first full-length novel by writer Kim Ae-Ran, who captured readers’ hearts with her short-story collections such as Run, Father (Changbi) and Mouthwatering (Munji Books). Beloved by readers for more than 10 years since its publication in 2011, the book features the story of a couple who have their child at a young age and sacrifice their youth to raise him. The child has an incurable disease called progeria and is expected to face an early death. Delivering insights into life and love through her unique, simple, and beautifu...

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Bringing Hwang Sun-Mi books to T?rk?e Readers

Export Case Bringing Hwang Sun-Mi books to T?rk?e Readers 2023.07.03 In recent years the Korean wave has reached T?rkiye through K-Pop, Korean meals, Korean movies and TV series, manga, and comics. As the Korean culture is very interesting to young people in T?rkiye, we wanted to be a part of it by building a bridge by translating stories of talented Korean authors. As Gen? Tima?, the teen imprint of Tima? Publishing House, we translate from many different languages, and it was the right time for Korean.To tell about the success of Hwang Sun-Mi titles in T?rkiye, I should start with the day I read The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (SAKYEJUL). This book has something magical. Its effect is so impressive that the whole week the hen makes you think about her. When I told the story in our editorial board meeting, everyone was impressed and excited about telling the story of the Hen to T?rk?e readers. Hwang Sun-Mi finds a perfect way to tell the story through an...

VOL.60 / 2023.07

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#Life

#K-Book #Life KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2023.07.03 Learning from Life 1, 2, 3 (Series) 1. Publication Details Title | Learning from Life 1, 2, 3 (Series)Author | Yun Soyoung, Minjae ShinPublisher | Little Mountain Publishing Co.Publication Date | 2020-03-05ISBN | 9791155251287No. of pages | 248Dimensions | 173 * 230 2. Copyright Contact Name | Jo JinryungEmail | littlemt2001ch@gmail.comPhone | +82-2-335-7365 3. Book Intro The Learning from Life series studies three subjects - 'to be alive,' 'to learn,' and 'to live together' - through stories about various forms of life.On Earth, humans live together with a number of different forms of life. Each form of life has its own way of living, and nobody should carelessly damage its life. There is a need to develop a sens...

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Titles Selected for the Overseas Publication Grants 2023

Info Titles Selected for the Overseas Publication Grants 2023 2023.07.03 The Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) provides publication grants to promote the export of Korean publications. The grants offer partial financial aid to foreign publishing companies that have published or intend to publish Korean content based on copyright agreements.For this year’s grants, we selected a total of 42 titles from 32 publishing companies across 17 countries, and they are as follows: Parajsa jote English title | Your ParadiseAuthor | Lim Jae-HeeApplicant | OMBRA GVG Publishing HouseCountry (published language) | Albania (Albanian) Consegue ouvir meu cora??o? English title | Can You Hear My Mind?Author | Cho ArahApplicant | Editora CaixoteCountry (published language) | Brazil (Portuguese) El libro de las chicas English title | Time ...

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[INFORMATION / AGENCY LIST]

Agency list

Agency List Agency list 2023.07.03 Abba Communication Ltd. Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts. Focused Subjects LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation Contacts ? Kim jungsukE-mail : jskim@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707-2103 / Regions : Asia, UK, USA ? Han-gyul GoE-mail : abba@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707...

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[TREND / BOOK TRIP]

Hahn Moo-Sook House

Book Trip [Celeb’s Book Spot ⑥] Hahn Moo-Sook House Following the Footsteps of a Celebrity who Lived 100 Years Ago 2023.07.03 Hahn Moo-Sook, one of the representative writers in Korea A celebrity refers to someone so famous that everyone wants to be like them or someone that sets the newest trends. Writer Hahn Moo-Sook, who lived in the modern era of the 1900s, was the person closest to the definition of the word “celebrity” back then, when such a word was unfamiliar to the public. She made her debut in 1942, when the Japanese occupation of Korea was almost at an end, with her novel A Woman With a Lamp. Her representative works include And So Flows History, which became famous after it was adapted into a drama on KBS, as well as Steps of the Light, Tales of the House of the Pomegranate, and Encounter. The book Encounter, in particular, won the grand prize of the Korean Literary Award in 1986, and was then translated...

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Professor of Korean Language and Literature & Literary Critic’s Pick

One-Liner Quotes Professor of Korean Language andLiterature & Literary Critic’s Pick 2023.07.03 There are two poetry books that I read often - Baengnokdam by Jeong Ji-Yong (included in Full Collection of Jeong Ji-Yong 1: Poem (Minumsa)) and Sky, Wind, and Stars (Yonsei University Press) by Yoon Dong-Ju. The poems in these two books demonstrate the depth of linguistic expression and breadth of poetic emotion. The poem collection Baengnokdam by Jeong Ji-Yong was first published by Munjangsa (文章社) in 1941. The collection includes 25 poems, including Jangsusan (長壽山), Baengnokdam, Birobong (毘盧峰), Chunseol (春雪), Sogok (小曲), Star, and Glass Window 1, as well as 8 pieces of prose.The moderate emotion and symmetrical beauty of language in Jeong’s poetry almost reach their peak in the poem collection Baengnokdam. In particular, included pieces like Jangsusan or Baengnokdam exclude any dynamic e...

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[INFORMATION / NEW BOOKS]

Together, and There Shall be the Path

New Books Together, and There Shall be the Path 2023.06.05 “There is warmth that does not ignore pain while ferociously confronting reality.”- Former president Moon Jae-In’s recommendationA keen but warm “diagnosis of labor in Korea,” Together, and There Shall be the Path A collection of writings by Lee Sang-Heon, Director of the Employment Policy Department of the International Labor Organization (ILO), contemplates labor in Korea and suggests new hope. Our society makes laborers fight against each other with the excuse that we want faster development.It forces people to take sides, and puts up fences.It exploits the laborers, saying that there’s no other option.Infinite competition, forced efforts, and classification of labor...Do these give us truly happy lives?The writer says that if we stop fighting against each other and hold hands and bond instead, it will create ...

VOL.59 / 2023.06

[INFORMATION / BEST SELLERS]

2nd Week, May 2023

Best Sellers 2nd Week, May 2023 Best seller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2023.06.05 Books that deeply observe others’ lives and experiences caught the eyes of readers in May across various genres. First up, in the midst of the self-help book craze, writer Song Hee-Gu, who drew attention with the Story of Department Head Kim, Who Has a House in Seoul and Works at a Large Company (Seosamdok) series, returned with a new title My Rich High School Friend. Featuring a story where the protagonist reunites with a successful friend and gets a glimpse into the secrets of success in his life, the book freshly took the format of a novel while being a self-help book. Meanwhile, the book Lee Ji-Sung’s 10,000 Kilometers is non-fiction that talks about the journey of a North Korean defector, which is not commonly known among the public. This book tells the story of North Korean defectors’ harrowing escapes from their country through the eyes of ...

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[INFORMATION / KOREAN TRANSLATOR]

XIAO ZHUANG

Korean Translator XIAO ZHUANG 2023.06.05 Profile ? Korean-Chinese translator ? E-mail: luoluoeddy@hotmail.com Education ? Ph.D., Interpretation and Translation, Ewha Womans University ? Ms, Multicultural Education, Seoul National University of Education Training ? Bilingual Instructor Training Course, Seoul National University of Education, 2009 ? Special Course (Chinese), Literature Translation Institute of Korea, 2009 ? Intensive Course (Chinese), Literature Translation Institute of Korea, 2010 ? Translation Atelier (Chinese), Literature Translation Institute of Korea, 2011-2015 Courses (given at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea) ...

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