The KCCUK is pleased to announce a talk about the Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories with the editor Bruce Fulton, moderated by Grace Koh.
This eclectic, moving and enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea’s dramatic twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and colonial era to the devastating Korean War and the rapid, disorienting urbanisation of later decades, The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories captures a hundred years of Korea’s vibrant short-story tradition.
The collection features stories by some of Korea’s greatest writers as well as many brilliant contemporary voices, curated by Bruce Fulton, this is a volume that will surprise, unsettle, and delight.
This is an in-person event at the Korean Cultural Centre with the editor joining via video-link. We are also opening online access for those who cannot come in person. The link will be shared via email. Please register via the above link.
Bruce Fulton is an Associate Professor and Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation at the University of British Columbia. He has translated many major works of Korean literature over the past forty years.
Grace Koh received her BA in Comparative Literature and French Studies at the American University of Paris, MSt in Korean Studies and DPhil in Oriental Studies (Korean Literature) at Oxford University. She began her post at SOAS in 2002, and teaches courses on Korean literature, literary theory, and translation, and convenes the MA Korean Literature and MA Comparative Literature programmes.
Dr Koh is currently working towards the completion of an edited volume on encounters between Korea and the West in travel literature (1700-1910), and a critical study (monograph) and co-edited translation of the Samguk yusa.
Links:
- The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories, including full contents list, can be found in the LKL Korea Book Database here