When it comes to fiction, 2023 was a year that defied my expectations. Those novels that I hoped or expected to enjoy turned out to be disappointments; those that I thought might be heavy going turned out to be enjoyable. It was a reminder to try better to abide by the maxim of approaching a … [Read More]
Translator: Emily Yae Won (이예원)
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Selected translations
- Han Kang: We Do Not Part tr Emily Yae Won, Penguin 2025
- Hwang Jungeun: dd’s Umbrella tr Emily Yae Won, Tilted Axis 2024
- Han Junghyun: Kyoko and Kyoji tr Emily Yae Won, Strangers Press 2023
- Han Kang: Greek Lessons tr Deborah Smith, Emily Yae Won, Penguin 2023
- Park Kyung-ni: The Age of Doubt tr Anton Hur, Dasom Yang, Emily Yae Won, Mattho Mandersloot, Paige Aniyah Morris, Slin Jung, Sophie Bowman, You Jeong Kim, Honford Star 2022
- Cheon Hee-rahn: Five Preludes and a Fugue tr Emily Yae Won, Strangers Press 2019
- Kim Soom: Divorce tr Emily Yae Won, Strangers Press 2019
- Hwang Jungeun: I’ll Go On tr Emily Yae Won, Tilted Axis 2018
Strangers Press releases a new series of eight short story translations
Strangers Press, which brought us Yeoyu. a series of eight translated short story chapbooks in 2019, this week released a follow-up. The new series is entitled Iyagi and features works by both established and emerging authors – including what seems to be a posthumously published work by Park Wansuh. According to the publisher, “Each of these … [Read More]
What an AI-generated book review looks like
The latest version of of the invaluable Jetpack WordPress plugin, released today, has a new feature: an AI module that writes blog posts for you if you are feeling lazy. So I typed in the following text and hit the “send” button: Please write a review of Han Kang’s novel “Greek Lessons” This is because … [Read More]
Book notes: Hwang Jung-eun — I’ll Go On
Hwang Jungeun: I’ll Go On Translated by Emily Yae Won Tilted Axis Press, 2018 Serialised as 소라나나나기, 2012-2013, and published as 계속해보겠습니다, 2014, by Changbi After not really warming to Hwang Jungeun’s One Hundred Shadows, I nevertheless invested in the second translation of her work by Tilted Axis Press firstly because the press deserves our … [Read More]
February literature night: I’ll Go On by Hwang Jungeun
The Korean Literature Night is a monthly discussion group that explores various themes and topics relating to that month’s chosen book. The first literature night of 2019 will look at Tilted Axis’s latest Hwang Jungeun novel: Hwang Jung-Eun: I’ll Go On Wednesday 27 February 2019, 19.00-21.00 Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK Entrance Free – Booking … [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]