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60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Korea and Japan: Today and Tomorrow of the Publishing Trade

Topic 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations betweenKorea and Japan: Today and Tomorrow of the Publishing Trade 2025.06.02 This year marks the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese occupation (1910-1945) and the 60th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries since 1965, when they restored diplomatic relations. In Korea, there is a tradition of celebrating the 60th birthday of a person with great festivity, and the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries is also considered an important milestone. As such, while various commemorative events are taking place, the publishing sector will be organizing Korean book exhibitions, exchanges between Korean and Japanese authors and publishers, and special sales of translated Korean books in Japanese bookstores in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, under the leadership of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Publication Industry Promo...

VOL.83 / 2025.06

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About Fountain Pens, a Record of Nostalgia

One-Liner Quotes About Fountain Pens, a Record of Nostalgia Fountain pen expert’s pick 2025.05.07 Park Jong-Jin is the head of the Fountain Pen Lab. He sees the world through fountain pens. He has been collecting and studying fountain pens for over 40 years. He also plans and hosts the “Seoul Pen Show” every spring and fall. He has written books such as It’s a Fountain Pen (Lbig Media) and Of Two Minds About Fountain Pens (Teumsae Books). What is a well-made fountain pen? It’s one that you write with effortless control by just changing the direction, and one that you fall in love with every time you look at it, no matter how long you have had it, for its beautiful nib and exquisite body. I think writing is something similar. Even though I can’t write well, a good piece of writing reads smoothly and gives you a different feeling of interest every time you read it. Plus, if it’s written about fountain pens, a fountain pen enthusiast lik...

VOL.82 / 2025.05

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A Utopia for Travelers Who Love Romance and Art: Paris

Special Project [New Ways of Walking Through Cities ④] A Utopia for TravelersWho Love Romance and Art: Paris 2025.04.07 From the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, Montmartre Hill, and Notre Dame Cathedral, to the Etoile Arc de Triomphe, Luxembourg Park, the Seine and Pont Neuf bridge, and the Palace of Versailles, Paris is an incredible landmark in itself. It is a romantic city full of travelers from all over the world and a place where you can breathe in the scent of art. It is also a city of revolutions, with the French Revolution and the Paris Commune demonstrating the power of popular uprisings, and today, it is a charming place where Parisians live their lives in peace and freedom.Paris, the world’s cultural and artistic epicenter, is a city that has enriched and stimulated artists’ sensibilities from the Middle Ages to the present day, and is a mecca for those who wish to appre...

VOL.81 / 2025.04

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Spreading Its Wings To the World: The Seoul Letter Shop

Export Case Spreading Its Wings To the World: The Seoul Letter Shop 2025.01.06 On October 12, 2023, I received an email from Shinwon Agency, Korea’s first copyright export agency. They wanted to meet me at the Frankfurt Book Fair. I was going to be there, so we agreed to meet on October 19. This was about a month after I had sent them a cold email looking for an export partner. Within that month, I sent them a cover letter for my publishing house, met with them to introduce my publication lineup, and passed on additional materials about the works they were interested in. Among them was a proposal for The Seoul Letter Shop (TXTY), including a synopsis.It felt interesting and fateful that two Korean companies would be meeting in Frankfurt on October 19, 2023, to talk about working together. Shinwon said that there was a lot of interest from Anglo-American partner agencies and offered an exclusive agreement for The Seoul Letter Shop. I was flabbe...

VOL.78 / 2025.01

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Poetry Collections: The Trend of the Era and the Compass of the Heart

Topic Poetry Collections: The Trend of the Era andthe Compass of the Heart 2024.12.02 The rise of Korean poetry and its global takeoff There have been a number of “unusual” scenes in Korean literature in recent years. If I told you that Korean poetry is at the center of it, would international readers believe me? The proportion of readers in their 20s and 30s buying poetry books is increasing. The share of teenagers is also increasing, not to mention the number of poetry books being published. It is no longer strange or unfamiliar to see people transcribing poems. There are even bookstores in Korea that sell only poetry books. It’s a curious thing. Haven’t we all moved on to YouTube, TikTok, and Netflix? The thing that’s being “unlocked” should be smartphones, not poetry books, isn’t it?The year 2024 is poised to be a monumental year in Korean literary history. It is 100 years since the publication of Chu Yo-Han’ first poetry collection Beau...

VOL.77 / 2024.12

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Korean Literature’s Borderless Literary Appeal

Special Project [Award-winning Korean Books ②] Korean Literature’s Borderless Literary Appeal Korean works nominated or winning international literary awards in 2024 2024.12.02 The flow, trend, and outlook of Korean literature Until 2023, one of the major concerns in the Korean literary world, intellectual circles, and the publishing industry was whether Korean books, including literature, would continue to expand their presence in the global content market. And, this became a “certainty” in only a year. Han Kang’s winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature served as the catalyst. In the four years since 2020, the number of Korean authors winning international literary awards skyrocketed. Among the 45 awards won since 2003, 20 were from 2020 and onward. The following are some of the most prominent wins or nominations for international literary awards in the past four years.In 2020, Kim Young-Ha’s Diary of a Murderer (Bokbok Seoga) won Deutscher K...

VOL.77 / 2024.12

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Bringing Korean Voices to French Readers

Export Case Bringing Korean Voices to French Readers 2024.12.02 Korean literature and Editions Picquier have a long story. We began publishing books from Asia nearly 40 years ago: Korea and its literature, virtually unknown in France at the time, have fascinated us from our earliest days. The first works we published - Kim Won Il’s Mr Lee’s Travel, KIM Song Dong’s Mandala, Yun Hung Kil’s The Mother - almost went unnoticed; it was challenging to bring readers into contact with a literature that was far removed from the habits and preoccupations of French readers. It was a literature that gave pride of place to cultural traditions, to the earth, to history. We thus decided to publish anthologies of short stories and essays to give French readers some reference points. This had a pedagogical purpose, establishing a foothold in Korean literature and presenting a more organized history to readers. More than 30 years ago, what was being published in France wa...

VOL.77 / 2024.12

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Literary Awards: A Message of the Times

Special Project [Award-winning Korean Books ①] Literary Awards: A Message of the Times Major Korean literary award-winning books in 2024 2024.11.04 Writer Han Kang, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024 Where does the authority of the Nobel Prize in Literature derive from? Is it the huge prize of 1.3 billion won, or the long history of 124 years? Or is it the exceptional life stories of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite? Well, it’s probably a combination of all of these elements, but more than that, it’s the message that holds the secret to its long-standing authority. The Nobel Prize in Literature has always pointed out exactly what we, as a species, need to think about right now, and where we should be headed together. Each year, hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, of people around the world share the same curiosity when the Prize is announced. They ask themsel...

VOL.76 / 2024.11

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Globalizing Korean Literature: The Journey of Kim Hye-jin and Her Works

Export Case Globalizing Korean Literature:The Journey of Kim Hye-jin and Her Works 2024.11.04 I am writing this a day after Han Kang received the Nobel Prize in Literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” The first in history for a writer from South Korea. It is, without a doubt, a huge milestone for South Korean literature and a debt that was long overdue. Some may even feel that this is the ultimate goal for the internationalization of Korean literature.Korea has an incredibly rich and diverse literary culture that has conquered the world in recent years, and I feel that this is an interesting moment to stop and think about how authors and authorships are managed. The most important ‘ingredients’, which are talent and key resources such as translators, grants, and promotion programs, are already there. The support is truly impressive. But how can we best promote a...

VOL.76 / 2024.11

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Books That Expanded My Horizons

One-Liner Quotes Books That Expanded My Horizons Korean-French Translator’s Pick: Korean Books 2024.09.02 As a French translator, Somi Chang has been translating modern and contemporary French literature into Korean, including Margrit Duras, Albert Camus, Françoise Sagan, Romain Garrigue, Michel Uelbeck, Hervé Guibert, and Valérie Ferenc. From the position of being an introducer of foreign books to Korean readers, I have gone the other way, introducing books by Korean authors to international readers. I browsed through my bookshelves. Adding the keyword “Korea” to my personal book selection criteria of “books that expand my horizons,” regardless of language, I picked out two books with great effort. Two books are: Leaning Against the Entasis Solumns at Muryangsujeon Hall (Hakgojae Publishers, 1994) and Music Story Collection (Franz, 2024). Leaning Against the Entasis Solumns at Mu...

VOL.74 / 2024.09

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