The Korean Literature Night (KLN) is a monthly discussion group that explores various themes and topics relating to that month’s chosen book. The October meeting will feature The Good Son by Jeong You-Jeong (LKL review here). Jeong You-jeong Wednesday 31st October, 19.00-21.00 Korean Cultural Centre UK Entrance Free – Booking Essential Apply to [email protected] or … [Read More]
Translator: Kim Chi-young (page 2)
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Selected translations
- Yoon Ina: Ramen Makes us Complete tr Kim Chi-young, Penguin 2026
- Lim Sunwoo: With the Heart of a Ghost: Stories tr Kim Chi-young, Unnamed Press 2026
- Jang Jin-yeong: The Crustacean tr Kim Chi-young, Brazen 2025
- Jo Kyung-ran: Blowfish tr Kim Chi-young, Astra House 2025
- Cheon Seon-ran: A Thousand Blues tr Kim Chi-young, Doubleday 2025
- Gu Byeong-mo: Your Neighbour’s Table tr Kim Chi-young, Wildfire 2024
- Cheon Myeong-kwan: Whale tr Kim Chi-young, Europa Editions 2023
- Gu Byeong-mo: The Old Woman with the Knife tr Kim Chi-young, Hanover Square Press 2022
- Kim Jian, Yoon Yeorim: It’s OK, Slow Lizard tr Kim Chi-young, Restless Books 2021
- Kim Aeran: My Brilliant Life tr Kim Chi-young, Forge 2021
- Jeong You-jeong: Seven Years of Darkness tr Kim Chi-young, Little Brown 2020
- Lee Ji-min: Marilyn and Me tr Kim Chi-young, Fourth Estate 2019
- Hwang Sun-mi: Miracle on Cherry Hill tr Kim Chi-young, Abacus 2019
- Jeong You-jeong: The Good Son tr Kim Chi-young, Little Brown 2018
- Haemin Sunim: The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World tr Kim Chi-young, Penguin 2018
- JM Lee: The Boy who Escaped Paradise tr Kim Chi-young, Pegasus 2018
- Hwang Sun-mi: The Dog Who Dared to Dream tr Kim Chi-young, Abacus 2016
- JM Lee: The Investigation tr Kim Chi-young, Pegasus 2014
- Hwang Sun-mi: The Hen who Dreamed she could Fly tr Kim Chi-young, Penguin 2013
- Anthology: Imperatives of Culture: Selected Essays on Korean History, Literature, and Society from the Japanese Colonial Era ed Christopher P. Hanscom, Walter K. Lew, and Youngju Ryu, University of Hawai'i Press 2013
- Shin Kyung-sook: Please Look After Mother tr Kim Chi-young, Weidenfeld + Nicolson 2011
- Kim Young-ha: Your Republic Is Calling You tr Kim Chi-young, Mariner 2010
- Jo Kyung-ran: Tongue tr Kim Chi-young, Bloomsbury 2009
- Kim Young-ha: I have the right to destroy myself tr Kim Chi-young, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2007
- Lee Dong-ha: Toy City tr Kim Chi-young, Koryo Press 2007
Brief review: Jeong You-jeong – The Good Son
Jeong You-jeong: The Good Son Translated by Kim Chi-young Little, Brown Book Group, 2018, 322pp Originally published as 종의 기원, Eunhaengnamu, 2016 A Good Son is one of the books being hailed as the new Scandi Noir, while Amazon is billing it as “The bestselling Korean thriller of the year” – though in a Korean genre that … [Read More]
New and upcoming literature and fiction titles for 2018
From classic Joseon dynasty ghost stories, via historical fiction set in the reign of Queen Min, to the latest in translated literature, we take a look at some of the books to look forward to in 2018. Our look at non-fiction titles can be found here. Contemporary Korean literature in translation Hwang Sok-yong’s novel At … [Read More]
Book review: Lee Jung-myung — The Investigation
Lee Jung-myung: The Investigation Translated by Kim Chi-young Mantle, 2014, 288pp The central character in The Investigation is a real historical figure: Yun Dong-ju, a poet who had the misfortune to live in the Japanese colonial period. There can be few worse fates for a poet than to be prohibited from writing in his native … [Read More]
Book Review: Hwang Sunmi — The Hen who Dreamed she could Fly
A brief fable that can delight children and adults alike, the story touches on themes of motherly love, discrimination, otherness, and belonging, while also touching on and accepting the harsh realities of life — and death. As the novel starts, we wonder if we are going to be force-fed a heavy political allegory. Sprout, the … [Read More]
Lee Jung-myung’s The Investigation to get UK publication
Coming in time for London Book Fair 2014: The Investigation by Lee Jung-myung. Inspired by a true story, the novel is described as “a captivating mystery and an epic lament for lost freedom and humanity in the darkest of times.” According to The List, the story is based on the life of “poet Yun Dong-ju … [Read More]
Shin Kyung-sook on MAN shortlist
Congratulations to Shin Kyung-sook, whose Please Look After Mother (translated by Kim Chi-young) is shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, announced yesterday: http://t.co/hORsoPB9 (Photo: Korea Herald) Update 8 March 2012: the title has also been included in the longlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 – an award established by the Independent newspaper … [Read More]
Book review: Shin Kyung-sook — Please look after Mother
Kyung-sook Shin: Please look after Mother Originally published in Korean as 엄마를 부탁해, 2008 Translated by Chi-Young Kim Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2011, 272pp Can we ever really appreciate who we have in our lives until they are gone? Kyung-Sook Shin’s Please look after Mother looks through the eyes of a family united in trying to … [Read More]
Book Review: Your Republic is Calling You
Kim Young-ha: Your Republic is Calling You Translated by Kim Chi-young Harcourt, 2010. First published in Korean: 2006 Ki-yong, a North Korean agent, has lived undercover in Seoul for half his life. Inactive for the last 10 years, he is suddenly given an order to return home. Is the order a hoax? Is he being … [Read More]
Brief review: Kyung Ran Jo: Tongue
Kyung Ran Jo: Tongue Tr Chi-young Kim Korean version 2007 English version Bloomsbury 2009 A lightweight and enjoyable book set among the foodies and fashionistas of Kangnam. A talented young cook is ditched by her trendy architect boyfriend, and spends much of the book getting over it, in a way that is a pleasure to … [Read More]
Suicide Notes – a brief review of Kim Young-ha’s I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
Kim Young-ha: I have the right to destroy myself Originally published 1996 Translation by Kim Chi-young, Harcourt, 2007 An entertaining book to read, but somehow difficult to distill and digest. The narrator, who makes a macabre living as a self-employed suicide counselor, bizarrely seeks out clients whose exits he facilitates. A small and eccentric cast … [Read More]