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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

A look back at our 2021 reading diary

posted updated 31 Jan 2025 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 24 Jan 2025 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 22 Feb 2025 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]