This is now LKL’s fifth annual post that looks at the literature and fiction titles we’re looking forward to over the coming twelve months. Since last year we’ve made things easier for ourselves by investing some time building a book database that aims to catalogue all physical publications of Korean literature in translation, as well … [Read More]
Author: Jung Young-moon (정영문 1965-)
Selected publications by Jung Young-moon
- Arriving in a Thick Fog tr Jeffrey Karvonen, Mah Eunji, Deep Vellum 2021
- Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River (강물에 떠내려가는 7인의 사무라이, 2018) tr Jung Yewon, Deep Vellum 2019
- Vaseline Buddha (바셀린 붓다, 2010) tr Jung Yewon, Deep Vellum 2016
- A Contrived World (어떤 작위의 세계, 2011) tr Jeffrey Karvonen, Mah Eunji, Dalkey Archive 2016
- A Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other Stories (목신의 어떤 오후, 2008) tr Inrae You, Jung Yewon, Jung Young-moon, Louis Vinciguerra, Dalkey Archive 2013
- Mrs. Brown (Bi-lingual, Vol 45 – Avant Garde) (브라운 부인, 2008) tr Jung Young-moon, Asia Publishers 2013
- A Chain of Dark Tales (검은 이야기 사슬, 1998) tr Inrae You, Louis Vinciguerra, Stallion Press 2011
Event news: August’s literature night features Jung Young Moon
The last two literature nights featuring Hwang Sun-won and Park Wan-suh have been really rewarding. Even if you’re not wholly convinced about the subject book, the opportunity to discuss it with others always provides different ways of looking at it. I hope I’ll get around to writing about both books – Park Wan-suh’s Lonesome You … [Read More]
Book review: Jung Young-moon — A Chain of Dark Tales
Jung Young-moon: A Chain of Dark Tales Translated by Inrae You & Louis Vinciguerra Stallion Press, 2010, 199pp Originally published in 1998 as 검은 이야기 사슬 Jung Young-moon’s chain of forty-five dark tales are dark indeed. Not in a way that will give you nightmares, but in a way that makes you feel mildly uneasy. They inhabit … [Read More]
London Book Fair 2013 – an overview of the Korean publishing market and a brief meeting with Choe Yun and Jung Young-moon
London Book Fair 2014 will see Korea as the Market Focus Country. And in 2013 Korea was there to prepare the way. The Korea Publishers Association and the Literature Translation Institute of Korea jointly occupied a stall at the Earl’s Court exhibition, displaying among other things a wide range of translated Korean literature, including a … [Read More]
Meet the Authors – Korean Literature event at the KCC
To tie in with a couple of Korea-related events at the London Book Fair, the KCC is hosting an event with two Korean authors on 15 April, chaired by SOAS’s Grace Koh. Choe Yun will be known to many LKL readers as the author of There a Petal Silently Falls – the first book set … [Read More]