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Translator: Anton Hur

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Selected translations

Publications by Anton Hur as author

Translations by Anton Hur available online

  • Bora Chung: The Head tr Anton Hur, Samovar 2019
  • Sang Young Park: The Tears of an Unknown Artist, or Zaytun Pasta tr Anton Hur, Words Without Borders 2019
  • Jung Young-su: Aficionados tr Anton Hur, Asymptote 2016
  • Jeon Sam-hye: Genesis tr Anton Hur, Words Without Borders 2016

Book talk: Anton Hur – Toward Eternity

event date Fri 16 Aug 2024 venue KCCUK posted

Renowned translator of the International Booker Prize shortlisted novel Cursed Bunny, Anton Hur returns with his debut novel ‘Toward Eternity’. Toward Eternity explores the unexpected consequences of progress, imagining when technology is catching up with biology. It is a thought-provoking novel that challenges the notion of what makes us human—and how love survives even the end … [Read More]

A look back at our 2022 reading diary

posted updated 27 Dec 2023 by Philip Gowman 4 minute read

It was a busy year outside of my Korean interests, with the result that I didn’t read as much as I would like. And of the titles that I did read, I haven’t had a chance yet formally to write up my thoughts – though there are several half-written reviews which may eventually see the … [Read More]

Congratulations to Bora Chung, Anton Hur and Honford Star

posted by Philip Gowman 2 minute read

Congratulations to author Bora Chung, translator Anton Hur and publisher Honford Star for Cursed Bunny’s inclusion in the International Booker Prize shortlist. Anton Hur had the distinction of having two of his translations longlisted, the other one being Sang Young Park’s Love in the Big City. It was also nice to see one title from … [Read More]

Upcoming literature and fiction titles for 2022

posted by Philip Gowman 4 minute read

Last year was an amazing one for Korean literature in translation, with plenty of lively titles published. 2022 looks for the moment like it’s going to be a little quieter, but new publications sometimes pop out of nowhere, so this list of anticipated books for this year is almost bound to be proved incomplete. There … [Read More]

A look back at our 2021 reading diary

posted updated 2 Jan 2023 by Philip Gowman 3 minute read

Looking back at this year, it’s been one of the best for new translations of Korean literature that I can remember. There have been at least ten new fiction titles, and unusually for me I managed to get through all the titles I was intending to. All of them are recommendable in their different ways. … [Read More]

Review: Hwang Sok-yong – The Prisoner

posted updated 21 Jan 2022 by Philip Gowman 4 minute read

How to review the autobiography of one of Korean’s leading novelists, who has won accclaim both sides of the border; who has spent five years in prison as well as being a person of interest to the authorities for much of his professional career? The memoir makes for fascinating reading as literary history: most of … [Read More]

Literature and poetry in translation titles for 2021: more than a dozen to look forward to!

posted updated 7 Nov 2021 by Philip Gowman 8 minute read

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]

Interview with Bora Chung in Korea Times

posted updated 7 Apr 2021 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

There’s a nice interview with writer Bora Chung in yesterday’s Korea Times. Coming later this year from Honford Star is her short story collection Cursed Bunny, translated by Anton Hur. According to the article, Many of her recent works can be defined as a gripping amalgamation of absurdist, unrealistic stories that draw on science fiction, … [Read More]