There are plenty of anthologies of Korean translated fiction available, and many of them are edited and / or translated by Bruce Fulton, usually with Ju-Chan Fulton involved in the project too. I recently enjoyed the Fultons’ collection The Future of Silence, which reintroduced me to the format after an absence of rather too long. … [Read More]
Translator: Kevin O'Rourke
Selected translations
- Anthology: The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories ed Bruce Fulton, Penguin 2023
- Chang Yong-hak: The Poetry of John (Bi-lingual, Vol 108 – Korea After the Korean War) tr Kevin O'Rourke, Asia Publishers 2015
- Pak Tae-won: A Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist (Bi-lingual, Vol 93 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”) tr Jefferson Gatrall, Kevin O'Rourke, Sunyoung Park, Asia Publishers 2015
- Yi Sang: Wings (Bi-lingual, Vol 91 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”) tr Kevin O'Rourke, Asia Publishers 2015
- Hyeon Jin-geon: A Lucky Day (Bi-lingual, Vol 87 – The Naked in the Colony) tr Kevin O'Rourke, Asia Publishers 2014
- Kim Dong-in: Potatoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 86 – The Naked in the Colony) tr Kevin O'Rourke, Asia Publishers 2014
- Kim Jung-hyuk: The Glass Shield (Bi-lingual, Vol 59 – Humour) tr Kevin O'Rourke, Asia Publishers 2014
- Anthology: The Book Of Korean Poetry: Choson Dynasty ed Kevin O'Rourke, Stallion Press 2014
- Ha Keun-chan: The Suffering of Two Generations (Bi-lingual, Vol 27 – South and North) tr Kevin O'Rourke, Asia Publishers 2013
- Anthology: Waxen Wings: The ACTA Koreana Anthology of Short Fiction from Korea ed Bruce Fulton, Koryo Press 2011
- Anthology: The Book of Korean Poetry: Songs of Shilla and Koryo ed Kevin O'Rourke, University of Iowa Press 2006
- Chong Ch'ol: A Shijo Poet at the Court of King Sonjo tr Kevin O'Rourke, Kegan Paul Intl 2005
- Anthology: A Hundred Love Poems from Old Korea ed Kevin O'Rourke, Global Oriental 2003
- Anthology: The Book of Korean Shijo ed Kevin O'Rourke, Harvard University Press 2002
- Suh Ki-won: The Ma Rok Biographies tr Kevin O'Rourke, Jimoondang 2001
- Yi Mun-yol: Our Twisted Hero tr Kevin O'Rourke, Hachette Books 2001
- Anthology: Looking for the Cow: Modern Korean Poetry ed Kevin O'Rourke, Dedalus Press 1999
- Midang So Chong-ju: Poems of a Wanderer tr Kevin O'Rourke, Dedalus Press 1995
- Yi Kyu-bo: Singing Like a Cricket, Hooting Like an Owl tr Kevin O'Rourke, Cornell East Asia Series 1995
- Anthology: Tilting the jar, spilling the moon: poems from Koryo, Choson and contemporary Korea ed Kevin O'Rourke, Dedalus Press 1993
- Anthology: Home-Coming and Other Korean Short Stories ed Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Pace 1983
- Anthology: Ten Korean Short Stories ed Kevin O'Rourke, Yonsei University Press 1981
- Anthology: A Washed-out Dream, Larchwood 1980
- Cho Byung-wha: Where Clouds Pass By: Selected Poems of Cho Byung-Hwa tr Kevin O'Rourke, Chung-ang University 1974
Publications by Kevin O'Rourke as author
- My Korea: Forty Years without a Horsehair Hat, Renaissance 2013
Book review: Yi Mun-yol — Our Twisted Hero
Yi Mun-yol: Our Twisted Hero Originally published 1987 Translated by Kevin O’Rourke Available on Kindle (Minumsa, 2012) or hard copy (Hyperion Books, 2001) Moving to the provinces from a school in Seoul in which the social hierarchy was one he had lived with all his life, our twelve-year-old hero Han Pyongt’ae is faced with a … [Read More]