Following on from the success of their feature-length animation Green Days, Studio MWP worked with Korean TV broadcaster EBS to produce a trio of short films which adapt three familiar short stories which are studied by most Koreans in high school: Yi Hyo-seok’s Buckwheat Season, Kim Yu-jeong’s Spring, Spring, and A Lucky Day by Hyun … [Read More]
Author: Kim Yu-jeong (김유정 1908-1937)
Selected publications by Kim Yu-jeong
- Spring, Spring (Bi-lingual, Vol 96 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces) (봄 ˙ 봄, 1935) tr Jeon Seung-hee, Asia Publishers 2015
- The Camellias tr Chun Kyung-ja, Suh Ji-moon, Jimoondang 2002
Short stories in anthologies
- The Visitor in:
- Wife in:
- The White Rabbit (옥톡기, 1936) in:
- Spring, Spring (봄 봄, 1935) in:
- The Camellias / Spicebush Blossoms (동백 꽃, 1936) in:
LKL’s latest must-see film of the LKFF 2014: The Road Called Life
It’s taking a while to go through the LKFF 2014 programme to prioritise those films which I simply *have* to go to see. So thanks to Frances Yoo from Studio Meditation with a Pencil for alerting me to the title that instantly has gone from “when I get round to it, I’ll look to see … [Read More]
K-Lit Trivia question
Which Korean author is the only person in Korea to have a railway station named after him? A nice little article in the JoongAngDaily about the springtime delights of Chuncheon in Gangwon-do provides the answer. Chuncheon was the birthplace of Kim Yu-jeong (김유정), in January 1908. I can’t say I’m particularly taken with the two … [Read More]
Book review: Modern Korean Literature — An Anthology 1908-65
Modern Korean Literature: An Anthology 1908-1965 Edited by Chung Chong-wha Routledge / Kegan Paul International, 1995, 467pp If you are looking to sample Korean literature in translation, the chances are that you’ll find more short stories than full length novels. This collection, though not universally enjoyable, is extremely useful in giving an overview of the … [Read More]