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Korean Readers’ Picks in the First Half of 2024

Topic   Korean Readers’ Picks in the First Half of 2024   2024.09.02   According to the “2023 National Reading Survey” announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Korea, the overall reading rate was observed to be 43.0%, the lowest since the survey was initiated in 1994. This means that 6 out of 10 adults don’t even read a single e-book or audiobook, let alone a paper book. The shrinking of the reading population, which forms the foundation for the publishing market, and the aging population have been issues in Korea for quite a long time. However, it was indeed a shocking figure for the publishing industry as it expected to see a steady increase in the reading population since it enjoyed a boom during the pandemic compared to other industries.In the first half of the year, the reduction in newly published titles, driven by a contracting publishing market, alongside the enduring popularity of long-time bestsellers, played a si...
  • VOL.74 / 2024.09
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The Great Legacies of Two Literary Masters of Modern Times

Book Trip   [A Trip to Literary Museums ⑤] The Great Legacies of Two Literary Masters of Modern Times Busan Metropolitan City: Yosan Kim Jung-Han Literary Museumand Hyangpa Lee Juhong Literary Museum   2024.09.02   A writer’s legacy can sometimes become an important cultural asset for a region as it incorporates various stories. In this month’s issue, Book Trip travels to Busan, Korea, where you can feel a rich sense of literature. Busan, with its abundant tourist offerings such as the sea, movies, and modern cultural heritage, has a presence in literature that is second to none. The two pillars of Busan’s literary scene are Kim Jung-Han, who has intensely depicted modern life in his novels related to the region, and Lee Ju-Hong, whose works span a wide range of genres, including children’s literature, poetry, novels, and plays. The scent of their literature is wafting through the city, which has been a source of emotional support for people ...
  • VOL.74 / 2024.09
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An Encounter with Poems that Capture the Wistfulness of an Unfulfilled Youth

Book Trip   [A Trip to Literary Museums ④] An Encounter with Poems that Capturethe Wistfulness of an Unfulfilled Youth Ki Hyung-Do Literary Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Gwangmyeong-si   2024.08.05   It’s always poignant to see things end with their full potential yet to be realized. This is no exception for poets. A poet who died young, before he had even begun to fully pursue his writing endeavor, leaves a sense of wistfulness and sadness in the hearts of all readers of his poetry.In this month’s Book Trip, a city tour inspired by literature, we travel to Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, where poet Ki Hyung-Do spent his childhood. The Ki Hyung-Do Literary Museum, nestled amongst a dense apartment complex, gives city dwellers a moment to breathe in the scent of poetry. There is also a place in nearby Ki Hyung-Do Literary Museum, where you can feel the ambiance of a traditional Korean house and experience the stunning transformation of an abandoned mine. Gw...
  • VOL.73 / 2024.08
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From a Tiny Room to a Funeral Home, and to the Heaven of Magma

One-Liner Quotes   From a Tiny Room to a Funeral Home,and to the Heaven of Magma A Poet’s Pick   2024.08.05   Kim Yu-Tae is a poet and reporter in the Art & Culture Department at Maeil Business Newspaper. He wrote the poetry collection, Nothing Happened Except for That One (Munhakdongne, 2021), and the prose collection about banned books, Bad Books (Geulhangari, 2024).   A Western scholar once wrote that language reveals what has been, and what has not been, and above all, what has “ceased” to exist. Here, the language can be the names of those who once existed, or sometimes the sentences left behind in the form of poetry. In this respect, I have long thought of the posthumous poetry collection as a “rusty mirror” in which the departed tried to find and gaze upon their own self-portrait ahead of time.The poetry of the dead, contemplated in life by those who are no longer with us, is like a letter from the afterlife to the pre...
  • VOL.73 / 2024.08
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What the “Steady Seller Phenomenon” Means for the Book Market

Topic   What the “Steady Seller Phenomenon” Means for the Book Market On books that have reached their 100th print   2024.07.01   The implication of books that hit the 100th print   Kim Dong-Sik’s The Grey Man (Yoda Books) recently celebrated its 100th printing in the Korean book market. While the writer’s dramatic leap from a foundry worker to a best-selling writer has been spotlighted, what is perhaps most important is the internal narrative of the short stories contained within. This collection of 24 short stories was selected from the hundreds of short stories he posted to the horror forum of an online community, “Today’s Humor.” It is indeed a kaleidoscope of life’s short stories, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking. Readers have responded so enthusiastically to the short story collection, which went into its 100th printing in 2017 - 7 years after it was first published, and there are many factors behind this. The factor include the dra...
  • VOL.72 / 2024.07
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Publishing Kim Hyesoon and International Poetry

Export Case   Publishing Kim Hyesoon and International Poetry   2024.06.03   New Directions was founded in 1936 by the pioneering publisher James Laughlin when he was a student at Harvard. Laughlin conceived of New Directions as a way to introduce some of the most groundbreaking and experimental poets of the time (Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Hilda Doolittle, Louis Zukofsky), aiming to publish writing that “made it new” in English and other languages. He also traveled widely, introducing fiction writers and poets from abroad. Laughlin built one of the great literary lists in American publishing, and ND continues to publish international literature, following in his path.Poetry is a vital part of our publishing program. Currently, we offer the work not just of many interesting and important American poets, but poets from other countries as well— like Bei Dao and Xi Chuan from China, Tomas Tranströmer from Sweden, Ana Luísa Amaral and F...
  • VOL.71 / 2024.06
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In Search of a Garden Where Our Beautiful Korean Language Breathes

Book Trip   [A Trip to Literary Museums ②] In Search of a Garden Where Our BeautifulKorean Language Breathes Introducing Sonagi Village at Hwang Sun-won, Literary Housein Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, and Beyond   2024.06.03   The works of Hwang Sun-Won have a solid presence in Korean literature. The literary world he has built transcends time, genre, and ideology, naturally expressing the most Korean emotions. It was around 1952, when Korea was undergoing the Korean War, when his representative short story Rain Shower (read Sonagi in Korean) was released. However, it is difficult to recognize such a period from the portrayal of the two main characters in the novel. The only clue that connects the story to reality is the place name “Yangpyeong” that appears at the end. The thoughts that germinated in this place became the driving force for creating a literary space, and it led to new attempts to reinterpret the work in various ways.The Sonagi Village in the Hwa...
  • VOL.71 / 2024.06
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Celebrating 20 Years of Jecheon Miracle Library, a True Gift to Korea

Knowledge   Celebrating 20 Years of Jecheon Miracle Library,a True Gift to Korea   2024.06.03   In Korea, there is a “Miracle Library,” which is the one and only in the world   In the early 2000s, children were particularly marginalized in Korea, especially in terms of library services. At that time, the “Miracle Library Project” began as a social concern to address the reality of children in our society who, due to poverty, social indifference, other unfortunate conditions, and the misguided greed of adults, were deprived of their right to grow up freely. In other words, the project was born out of the recognition of the need for libraries dedicated to children as the best possible environment for their creative growth by ensuring their right to grow up freely and broadening the equality of opportunity.The Miracle Library Project, a nationwide initiative to build libraries exclusively for children, was a collaborative effort of citi...
  • VOL.71 / 2024.06
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The Footprints of Two Writers Who Sang of Hope in Times of Despair

Book Trip   [A Trip to Literary Museums ①] The Footprints of Two WritersWho Sang of Hope in Times of Despair Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do: Kwon Jeong-Saeng Fairy Tale Museumand Yi Yuk-Sa Literary Museum   2024.05.07   Literary museums are not just places to display writers’ books and materials, but also places that create new content based on those materials and spread writers’ spirits to future generations. As they preserve the past yet always have new stories to tell, it is always a thrill when going to a new literary museum, curious to see what stories they will tell. This is why many book lovers and even general travelers search for literary museums in their travels and take the time to visit them.Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the destination of this month’s “Book Trip,” is a city of traditional Korean culture and is often referred to as the “spiritual capital of Korea.” Living up to its name, Andong is famous for being home to prominent sc...
  • VOL.70 / 2024.05
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Winning and Nominated Works for International Literary Awards in 2022

Publishing Policy   Winning and Nominated Works forInternational Literary Awards in 2022 Korean Literature Recognized Worldwide for Its Literary Value   2023.09.04                           With growing global interest in Korean literature, books are being published in translations in a variety of fields.Here are the Korean literary works that have been recognized internationally for their literary value in 2022!   Counterattack at Thirty (written by Sohn Won-Pyung, published by EunHaeng NaMu Publishing) - Winner of Japan’s Booksellers’ Award for Translated Fiction - A novel centered on a thirty-year-old protagonist who struggles to cope with the contradictions of institutional authority and exploitative structures in everyday life.   ...
  • VOL.62 / 2023.09
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