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Books Written by Koreans Born and Living Overseas

Books Written by Koreans Born and Living Overseas Stories that Flower and Bloom from Korean Roots 2021.05.03 Last year, Korean American poet Choi Don-Mi and Korean Japanese novelist Yoo Mi-Ri won the National Book Award with DMZ Colony (Wave Books) and JR上野驛公園口 (It means Tokyo Ueno Station) (河出書房新社) respectively. The National Book Award is one of the most prestigious book awards in the United States, which grants awards in the four categories of novel, non-fiction, poetry, and children’s literature. The good news continued this year. Writer Tae Keller’s When You Trap a Tiger (Random House USA Inc) won the John Newbery Medal and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for children’s literature. Also, Anna Kim’s children’s book Danbi Leads the School Parade (VIKING) was chosen as the picture book of honor. As such, works by Korean authors are blooming across the world, proving their value. Many works by Korean authors living over...

VOL.34 / 2021.05

[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Writer Eun Hee-Kyung

Korean Authors Writer Eun Hee-Kyung A Genre Created through Continuous Innovation 2022.11.07 People all look at the world from their own viewpoints and ways of thinking. For that matter, one’s thoughts and notions play important roles in viewing and judging others. Of course, it is not easy to change a deeply rooted mindset. Still, some continue to innovate and move along with the changes in the world. Writer Eun Hee-Kyung, who emphasizes relations and communication with others and looking beyond prejudices, debuted 27 years ago. Still, she does not hesitate to make changes. This time, we met writer Eun Hee-Kyung who delivers warm stories in a slightly cold-blooded manner and has established her works as a unique genre. ⓒ Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) It’s an honor to have you on our webzine. Please say hello to our readers and introduce yourself. Hello, everyone. I am a novelist, and I d...

VOL.52 / 2022.11

[INFORMATION / BEST SELLERS]

3rd Week, June 2021

3rd Week, June 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.07.05 One book topped the bestseller lists of four major online bookstores in Korea in the third week of June 2021. It is Cho Kuk’s Time, written by Cho Kuk, former Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs. It includes outspoken stories about political affairs he experienced during his term in office. It seems that readers’ curiosity towards the candid feelings of Cho Kuk surrounding several disputes has been the driving factor for its rising popularity. Other books about politics and society joined the bestsellers’ list as well. For example, Illusion of Correction is a book written by “The Guy Who Reads Youtube,” one of the major Youtube channels that introduced Jordan Peterson, the famous writer of Beyond Order, to Korea. It has been gaining great sympathy from male readers in their 20s with stories about the era where the real and fake are mixed up in chaos.Non-fic...

VOL.36 / 2021.07

[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Writer Park Sang-Young

Korean Authors Writer Park Sang-Young A Joyful Solidarity Built Between the Writer and their Readers Through Novels 2022.07.04 Pursuing joy in life is one of the privileges given to human beings. Of the many strengths of fiction, readers particularly love finding joy inside the stories. People enjoy reading fiction that is fun and easily readable. One of the writers talented in maximizing such characteristics of fiction is Park Sang-Young, who creates the common ground of “writing joy” and “reading joy” between him and his readers through his stories. Park has been creating a synergy effect, encouraging readers to share the joy and feel solidarity with him. Let’s dive into the delightful moment with writer Park Sang-Young, who exerted his unique joyful energy throughout the interview. Please say hello to our subscribers. Hello, I’m novelist Park Sang-Young. I’ve written fiction such as Love In th...

VOL.48 / 2022.07

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Writer Bora Chung

Korean Authors Writer Bora Chung A Creative and Fun Storyteller Who Mesmerized the World 2022.06.07 While Korean content – or so-called K-content – is at the center of global attention these days, K-publishing has joined the hot wave. Led by works that have won international prizes, various Korean publications are being globally recognized with rising interest and popularity. Also, Korea’s publishing industry is once again receiving much attention as Cursed Bunny (Arzak), a short-story collection written by Bora Chung, was nominated for the Booker Prize, a prestigious literary award. Author Bora Chung writes stories with the maximum charms of SF fiction using her abundant imagination and fresh topics. Following is an interview with Bora Chung, who expressed her works as “fiction that explores the border between reality and virtual reality.” ⓒArzak Please introduce yourself to our subscribers. H...

VOL.47 / 2022.06

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Writer Jang Ryu-Jin

Korean Authors Writer Jang Ryu-Jin A Writer of Sympathy-evoking Hyper-realistic Stories 2022.04.04 Writer Jang Ryu-Jin made her debut by winning the 21st Changbi Prize for New Figures in Literature with her short novel The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work in 2018. In October the same year, the book was available for free online, recording 400 thousand views and going viral on Social Media. The popularity continued with her short story collection The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Changbi Publishers), published in 2019, and Moonbound (Changbi Publishers), published in January this year. With a historic record of making the 4th printing in less than 2 months since the initial printing, readers commented that the realistic background and settings were a perfect replica of their “own stories.” Following is an interview with writer Jang Ryu-Jin, who has captured the minds of the MZ Generation by telling the story of 2030 with empathy and hyper-realism. &...

VOL.45 / 2022.04

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Writer Kim Ho-Yeon

Korean Authors Writer Kim Ho-Yeon An All-Round Storyteller Who Makes Everyday Stories Special 2022.03.07 The grand prize winner of the 1st Bucheon Cartoon Story Contest in 2005, the excellence prize winner of the 9th World Literary Award in 2013, the winner of Book of the Year Award of Yes 24, and the No.1 Audiobook of the Year chosen by Millie in 2021 – these are the titles representing writer Kim Ho-Yeon. He has even become a writer of steady-sellers this year. Writer Kim has been an all-round storyteller, going from films to comics and novels. So then, what is the reason that so many people are enthusiastic about his works? One plausible idea is that his works are so akin to our lives. Following is an interview of writer Kim Ho-Yeon, an all-round storyteller who gives deep insights and touches our hearts through ordinary daily life stories of charming and dynamic characters that might exist around us. Please introduce yourself to our rea...

VOL.44 / 2022.03

[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Mati Books

Korean Publishers Mati Books New Perspective, Broader Sight 2022.02.14 Mati Books is a publisher specializing in the humanities, publishing books in various fields such as society, art, and architecture. Starting as a single-person publisher, Mati Books has been delivering the importance of humanities books, winning the Lotte Publishing Culture Award and Korean Publishing Culture Award, and being designated as the Sejong Excellent Academic Book. Under the slogan of “Humble Life with Ambitious Thinking,” Mati Books has been touching the hearts of its readers with insightful interpretation, heartwarming encouragement, and deep enlightenment for 17 years. Following is an interview with Mati Books. Logo of Mati Books Please introduce Mati Books to our readers. Mati Books was founded in 2005. We publish books about society, art, and architecture, based on humanities. We have been publishing the Faustian...

VOL.43 / 2022.02

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Picturebook Gongjackso

Korean Publishers Picturebook Gongjackso A Picture Book Envisioning a Better World 2022.01.03 Picture books, which are easy to open and read, have abundant stories inside, making us ponder their usefulness. Picture books intended for adults are recently doing as well as the ones for children because people who learn their usefulness gain power to take positive turns in life through the emotion and wisdom learned from books. For this reason, a lot of support is being given to Picturebook Gongjackso, which is committed to 'a picture book that is embracing and changing the world' while having established its position as a leading picture book publisher for 7 years. Logo of Picturebook Gongjackso Please introduce what Picturebook Gongjackso does to those in overseas publishing. Also, why was the company named so? As the logo shows, Picturebook Gongjackso is a publisher created with a wall made of a brush and pen and a roof made of an opened book...

VOL.42 / 2022.01

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Korean Literature in the European Publishing Market

Korean Literature in the European Publishing Market 2020.12.07 Violet The publication rights of writer Shin Kyung-Sook's third full-length novel Violet (Munhakdongne) were sold to Weidenfeld & Nicolson in Britain in November 2020. This publisher released Please Look After Mom (Changbi) of writer Shin in April 2011, and in the following year, the writer was honored with the Man Asian Literary Prize. Violet is Shin Kyung-Sook's second full-length novel to be published in Britain after Please Look After Mom. The title "Violet" has multiple implications; it is a type of flower, a color, and a metaphor for a shy woman. And at the same time, the feeble image is naturally linked to "violence." The writer blends such various meanings embedded within the story through several illustrations and metaphors. Violet is a story of distorted desire and a rotation of all writings where the frustration of all desires and desires for writing follow one after another into the nov...

VOL.29 / 2020.12

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