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Korea’s Flagship Literary Awards for Poems

Korea’s Flagship Literary Awards for Poems “Kim Su-Young Literary Award” and “Sowol Poetry Award”   2020.04.06   Poet Kim Su-Young (1921-1968), Sowol Kim Jung-Sik (1902-1934)     Kim Su-Young Literary Award   Kim Su-Young, a representative poet in Korea who participated in movements with literature, entered the literary world in 1947 when his poem The Song of Myojeong was published in a literary magazine Art Village (Yesul Burak). His passion for art never faded amidst the gloomy reality during the Japanese occupation. With endless efforts to equalize poems with life, the language used in his poems did not draw a line between poetic and daily expressions for the first time in Korea’s modern poems. He began as a modernist in the beginning criticizing the modern civilization and urban life; Kim Su-Young’s poetic world encountered a drastic change when historical incidents, the fraudulent election on March 15, 1960, and the April 19 Revolutio...
  • VOL.21 / 2020.04
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Author-illustrator Noh Inkyung

Author-illustrator Noh Inkyung A Writer Who Discovers “Moments” in Every Thing in the World   2021.04.05   Noh In-Kyung is a beloved writer for her heartwarming stories and pictures. Her works are recognized across the world. While she was designated as the Illustrator of the Year at the 2012 Bologna Children’s Book Fair with her Soso Cancellina (Munhakdongne), she won the Golden Apple Award at the 2013 Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) with her Mr. Tutti and 100 Water Drops (Munhakdongne). Plus, she was selected as the White Raven at the 2015 International Youth Library in Munich with Hedgehog X (Munhakdongne). As such, she has been expanding her spectrum as a writer by designing creative worlds with sensitive expressions. Following is an interview with writer Noh In-Kyung.       It is a pleasure to meet you. Please introduce yourself to our subscribers.   Hi, I’m Inkyung Noh, an author-illustrator. I’ve been working in Seoul, cre...
  • VOL.33 / 2021.04
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Sanzini

Sanzini Breaking through Limitations as a Local Publisher and into the World   2021.02.08       Sanzini. Sanzini, in Korean, refers to a kind of hawk that inhabits the forest and can fly at the highest altitude for a great distance. Publisher Sanzini is an all-round publisher that produces books of various genres, and is a local publisher that represents Busan, Korea. Regardless of its big fanbase, it sometimes faced limitations as a local publisher, but with deliberate efforts and ambitious spirits, it managed to fly higher with stronger wings. Currently, the books of Sanzini are being translated and published in nine countries. Following is the interview with publisher Sanzini, who is flying freely into the world.   Please introduce us to publisher Sanzini.   Publisher Sanzini is a local publisher based in Busan. We aim to be an all-round publisher that covers various genres, including humanities, society, literature, children, and practical...
  • VOL.31 / 2021.02
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3rd Week, June

3rd Week, June Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea   2020.07.13   June is the perfect season to read books in a warm breezy room. Scorching hot summer seems to have arrived in Korea. What did Korean readers read in the third week of June? There is a book that hit the upper sales rank among bestsellers in June only within a month of its publication. It is the newly announced Take It Easy, Don’t Try Too Hard written by Kim Soo-Hyun, the writer of I Decided to Live as Me (Woods of Mind’s Books). Telling its readers how to engage in relationships that do not overwhelm one’s emotional capacity, the book has drawn support from the young generation in a short period of time. Another essay among bestsellers is In Our Daily Language written by Kim Eana, a famous Korean lyricist. In her book, she softly touches upon the delicate world of emotions embedded in the common words we use in our daily life.Children’s books are also recording high sales as summ...
  • VOL.24 / 2020.07
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#Environment

#Environment KPIPA introduces K-Books for global publishing markets through K-Book Platform   2020.07.13   In a World Gone Wrong, I Try to Live Right 1. Publication Details Title | In a World Gone Wrong, I Try to Live RightSubtitle | Life Stories Told by Women with Strong HeartsAuthor | EcofemPublisher | BookSensePublication Date | 2019-03-31ISBN | 9788993746495No. of pages | 280Dimensions | 128*188   2. Copyright Contact Name | Hong YejiEmail | booksense@naver.comPhone | +82-10-9935-4759   3. Book Intro Simply looking at some people’s lives gives us courage to readjust our life directions. “Harmonizer,” an activist from Ecofeminists United, who needed encouragement to take on a new phase of her life, met with her seniors and colleagues who had walked resolutely on their own paths, and she put their stories together in this book.One thing these women all have in common is that they are ecofeminists. From Yi...
  • VOL.24 / 2020.07
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Diverse Ways to Love Books

Diverse Ways to Love Books   2018.06.28   Dubbed the ‘oldest form of media’, books have been handed ‘death sentences’ with every new appearance of technology. As the use of Internet spread and ‘new media’ shook up the media world along with social networking sites, many forecast a gloomy end to books, saying they would no longer be able to function as a medium to communicate and deliver knowledge. With the appearance of e-books, these doomsayers only found more ground to base their projections upon. One new technology after another seemed to bring the death of books closer.However, these concerns have proved to be unfounded worries based on a number of reasons. One would be a research study that shows content read from physical books is remembered longer than information read online, and readers who have already viscerally realized this are seeking out physical books.Internet broadcast channels like YouTube and podcasts were also seen as threats to books. But t...
  • VOL.10 / 2018.06
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Book Ecosystem Vision Forum - the 3rd

Book Ecosystem Vision Forum - the 3rd The Birth of An Author   2018.06.28   The third part of the 〈Book Ecosystem Vision Forum〉 called ‘The Birth of An Author’ was hosted at a hall inside the JU center, a cultural space for young South Koreans on May 31. “What do publishers need to do in order for authors to feel the actions of publishers are a form of ‘beautiful interference’? This is a place where we will discuss how to increase the number of local writers,” said Jeong Eun-sook, head of the forum’s executive committee. This section of the webzine aims to summarize what was discussed at the forum regarding the birth of new authors while introducing what lies ahead for the forum and its content.   ⓒ www.book2018.org     A short brief on the panel discussions(in chronological order) “Becoming a writer and living as a writer” - Author Park Chun-hong(Nermer Books) The completion of an author is his readers but at the sam...
  • VOL.10 / 2018.06
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Writer Lee Hee-Young

Writer Lee Hee-Young For Incomplete Teens that Need Unconditional Consolation   2021.02.08   Beginning with her first Rookie of the Year Award at the 1st Kim Seung-Ok Literary Award in 2013, writer Lee Hee-Young has become a leader in the teen novel market with several other awards, including the 10th 5.18 Literary Award for novels, grand prize at the 3rd Deungdae Literature Award, excellence prize at the KB Creative Writing Contest, and the 12th Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Rather than “pretending” to understand, sympathize with, and know about teens, writer Lee Hee-Young hopes to become their friend that walks beside them, finding the common “teen” area they share.       Please introduce yourself to our subscribers.   Hello, I am Lee Hee-Young. I mainly write about teens and the world seen from their view. But my only son tells me all the time like, “Mom, please have some interest in your real teen, not only those in your novels...
  • VOL.31 / 2021.02
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Hyang Publishing House

Hyang Publishing House Picture Books with Colorful Scents   2021.01.04       Hyang Publishing House is a one-person publisher that opened in October last year. It has published 11 picture books up to date, and their achievements are jaw-dropping coming from a new-born publisher. The creative workshop for picture books “Picture Book Hyang” run by the publisher’s leader has given birth to numerous outstanding talents who have gone on to win the Bologna Ragazzi Award each year. Hyang Publishing House takes a new perspective towards the world and chooses authors and works by discovering new writers with unique artistic talents. Following is an interview with Kim Hyang-Soo, the head of Hyang, which boasts high-quality picture books published with rather picky standards.   Please introduce Hyang to our readers.   As a former head of Picture Book Hyang, I have been publishing picture books ever since I set up Hyang Publishing House in October 2019. We have a ...
  • VOL.30 / 2021.01
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Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation   2017.6.30   Laziness Is a Habit 1. Publisher Sigongsa Co. Ltd.http://www.sigongsa.com/main/main.php   2. Publication Title | Laziness Is a HabitAuthor | Myeong-gi Choi   3. Book Details Pages | 264Format | 146?215 (mm, width?length)Binding | PaperbackPublication Date | January 5, 2017ISBN | 9788952777768   4. Point of Contact Name | Sunju Jung Phone | +82-2-2-46-2895 E-mail | alliswell1224@sigongsa.com   5. Marketing Information Rights Sold | Thailand, Indonesia Copies Printed, Sales Rank | A best seller in the self-help category Subject | Escaping from lethargy and short-lived resolutions and reclaiming control over one’s life Target Readers | Anyone who wants a complete hold on their life Media Reviews & Advertisement Copy | Putting things off only to regret it later: the problem is your emotions! How to fix the habit of procrastination, which cannot b...
  • VOL.1 / 2017.06
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