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Korean Translator Jin Jin-Joo 2022.05.02 Profile • Korean-Spanish translator • Email: jinjoo.jin@gmail.com Educational Status • Mar. 2001 – Feb. 2005, Bachelor of Psychology, Seoul National University • Mar. 2007 – June 2009, Master of Economics-Financial Engineering, Yonsei University • Mar. 2010 – Today, Ph.D. in Latin American Economics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Literary Translations ...

VOL.46 / 2022.05

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K-BOOK Import Case in Germany

Export Case K-BOOK Import Case in Germany The start of a new story 2022.04.04 In 2017, when a colleague at our publishing house came across the title The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down (Suo Books) by Haemin Sunim and suggested we buy the German rights, no one thought that this would be the beginning of a new era. Of course, we assumed that the book would sell well – why else would we want to publish it? Nevertheless, we were surprised how quickly the first edition sold out. In the meantime, over 40,000 copies have crossed the counter and the 7th edition has just been printed. One reason for the great success in Germany was certainly Haemin Sunim's reading tour, which we organised in 2018, as well as his activity on social media, where he has millions of followers. Another is that Korean culture has become increasingly visible in Europe in recent years and interest in Korean literature has also grown in this country. ...

VOL.45 / 2022.04

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Successful Import Case of Korean Literature in Japan

Export Case Successful Import Case of Korean Literature in Japan Publishing status of translated Korean literature 2022.03.07 Hayakawa Publishing has been translating and publishing original novels of Korean dramas that succeeded in Japan since the mid-2000s. For example, we published Physician Janggeum (Greenboat Magics) by Kim Sang-Hyeon in 2004 and Seodongyo (Knowledge Smith) by Jung Jae-In and Kim Young-Hyun in 2006. We have been selling novels of successful Korean history and romance dramas in Japan to Japanese K-drama fans.Then, the mega-hit of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Minumsa Publishing) by Cho Nam-Joo in 2018, and Almonds (Changbi Publishers) of Sohn Won-Pyung in 2019 worked as a game-changer in the overseas literature market in Japan, transforming and expanding it. These two books were also massively popular in Korea and highly appraised, with fun storylines. So, the reason behind their popularity in Japan can be largely put to two a...

VOL.44 / 2022.03

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Gi Jang

Korean Translator Gi Jang 2022.04.04 Profile Born in China, Gi Jang is Han Chinese who has an exbert user level of Korean. She has a strong theoretical foundation as she has completed the master's and doctoral programs at the Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation (GSIT) and the General Graduate School at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, respectively. Ever since she graduated from GSIT in 2004, she has worked on numerous interpretations and translations (movie/drama translation, IT translation, novel/comics translation, etc.). And after she began to teach at a university in 2005, she has been steadily having classes (Chinese, interpretation & translation, understanding Korean culture, etc.) while carrying out research (on topics of Chinese, Chinese education, interpretation & translation) and publishing textbooks (general textbooks, authorized textbooks, materials for interpretation & translation). As ...

VOL.45 / 2022.04

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Sungrye Han (한성례, 韓成禮)

Korean Translator Sungrye Han (한성례, 韓成禮) 2022.02.14 PROFILE She was born in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. Translator (Japanese-Korean), Poet.She has translated many Japanese literary works into Korean and many Korean literary works into Japanese. This work includes more than 200 volumes, such as poems, novels, essays, poem anthologies, books for children, humanity books, self-enlightenment books and scientific books. In particular, she has translated many poems and books of Poetry between Korea and Japan.Korean textbooks used in Korean high schools contain several of her translations for educational purposes.She has translated and introduced Korean and Japanese poems in various literary magazines between the two countries since 1990.Then, from 1990 to 2000, she selected the poems of representative poets in Korea and Japan and published four anthologies in Korean and Japanese, respectively. She translated all ...

VOL.43 / 2022.02

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Amber Hyun Jung Kim

Korean Translator Amber Hyun Jung Kim 2022.01.03 PROFILE Amber Hyun Jung Kim is a freelance Korean-English conference interpreter and translator based in Seoul, Korea. She earned her B.A. in political science at Seoul National University and graduated from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Graduate School for Interpretation and Translation with a degree in conference interpretation.Amber has interpreted in over 1,500 international conferences and meetings for both public and private sector clients in subject areas ranging from policy, legal action, business and finance, IT, energy, trade, and others. For nearly 20 years, Amber has been translating fiction and literary works; she has received the 2014 Korea Times Modern Literature Translation Award Commendation Prize in Fiction as well as multiple Literature Translation Institute of Korea grants. Amber is a regularly contributing translator for institutions such as LTI Korea a...

VOL.42 / 2022.01

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2022 Overseas Publication Grants

Info 2022 Overseas Publication Grants 2022.01.03 Overview of grants Qualification • Overseas publishers who have imported or are planning to import Korean publication copyrights - Books that have been published or are to be published in local markets, beginning November 1st, 2021 to October 31st, 2022. - Such books must be published in the time period and submitted to the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea by November 11th, 2022. Scope of selection • Around 40 books will be selected, and grants will be provided in amounts varying by region - Europe and North America: USD3,000 - China and Japan: USD2,500 - Other countries: USD2,000 Application method Application period...

VOL.42 / 2022.01

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Observing the Stature of K-Literature Through Foreign Literary Awards

Topic Observing the Stature of K-Literature Through Foreign Literary Awards 2021.10.05 Korean literature was first introduced to foreign countries in the late 19th century. However, it wasn’t until after works of Korean literature started receiving literary awards abroad that they were translated and published full-scale in foreign countries, attracting foreign readers and grabbing the interest of major publishers and publishing agencies in foreign countries.Some awards have been given to works of Korean literature since the early 2000s, but ever since Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-Sook received the Man Asian Literary Prize, works of Korean literature have continuously been winning literary prizes, and the number of those prizes have been increasing as well. Since 2012, when Castella by Park Min-Gyu received the Japan Translation Award in 2015, and The Vegetarian by Han Gang was the winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2016, interest in Korean li...

VOL.39 / 2021.10

[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Munhakdongne

Korean Publishers Munhakdongne A Publisher that Makes Books for a Better World 2023.10.04 People say that “10 years changes rivers and mountains.” In other words, 10 years is a long enough time for even rivers and mountains to change. There is a publishing company that has been constantly changing for 30 years, a period during which the river and mountains could have changed three times, and has established itself as one of Korea’s leading publishers. Munhakdongne, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, does not simply stop at publishing quality books, but continues to expand infinitely into the world of books by organizing book reading challenges to read good books with readers, creating platforms to promote quality books more widely, and making spaces to read good books in comfort. However, Munhakdongne’s pride and love for books remain the same as in the beginning. Munhakdongne, which started as a literary publisher and now ...

VOL.63 / 2023.10

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Yoon Sunme

Korean Translator Yoon Sunme 2021.11.01 Profile Born in Seoul, Yoon Sunme settled in Argentina at the age of five and stayed there for 20 years. She finished her elementary, middle, and high school studies and graduated from a college in Argentina. She later finished her Ph.D. in Spain. She's been in Korea for the last 24 years. Currently, she is working as a Spanish professor at the Translation Academy of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI) and as a freelance writer and anchor at KBS World Radio Spanish Service. For more than 20 years, she has dedicated herself to translating social and cultural books as well as literary works. She was awarded the 17th LTI Korea Award for Aspiring Translators in 2019 with her translation of Human Acts (Changbi), written by Han Kang. • E-Mail: yuniwan@hanmail.net Latest Translated Books • Han Kang, The Vegetarian (Bajo La L...

VOL.40 / 2021.11

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