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Selected publications by Sang Young Park

  • Knockoff Viagra & Jeje (중국산 모조 비아그라와 제제 어디에도 고이지 못하는 소변에 대한 짧은 농담, 2018) tr Anton Hur, Strangers Press 2023
  • Love in the Big City (대도시의 사랑법, 2019) tr Anton Hur, Tilted Axis 2021

Short stories in anthologies

Translations available online

  • The Tears of an Unknown Artist, or Zaytun Pasta, Words Without Borders 2019

2024 in review part 3 – the film festivals and other screenings

In a somewhat disappointing filmic year in Korea, in London we could nevertheless celebrate the fact that a handful of the latest big-budget Korean movies continue to have limited-scope theatrical releases. In 2024 we got director Heo Myung-haeng’s contribution to the Roundup franchise, and the final instalment of Kim Han-min’s Yi Sun-shin trilogy, plus Jang … [Read More]

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]

A look back at our 2021 reading diary

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]

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

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]