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Korea’s Diverse Children’s Literature Awards

Korea’s Diverse Children’s Literature Awards Children wishing for a happy world   2020.05.04       As children are referred to as the “future” of a generation, the emotional experience children get from books is very important. The Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, and Hans Christian Andersen Award are the most famous children’s literary awards in the world, but there are also ones given to excellent children’s literature in Korea as well. In particular, as Children’s Day is in May, the winners of many children’s literary awards are announced this month.While there are various children’s literary awards ranging from those named after famous literary people in history to those held by children’s book publishers, let’s touch upon the winners of the awards.   The emotional experience children get from books is very important.     Children’s Literary Awards carrying on the spirit of renowned writers   ...
  • VOL.22 / 2020.05
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Korean literature spreading across the world

Korean literature spreading across the world   2020.05.04   Full-length novel Lemon   Author Kwon Yeo-Sun ⓒShin Nara, Lemon   The global publishing market is eyeing Lemon (Changbi), a full-length novel written by Kwon Yeo-Sun. The book’s “World English Language Rights” were sold to Other Press in the US in 2019, while it could meet British readers after the rights were sold to British publisher Head of Zeus last March. The book Lemon sold translation rights to six countries until today including Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, and Russia. It is expected that the book will be further exported to other countries when the translation into English is completed. The book is a full-length novel published in 2019, 3 years after Kwon Yeo-Sun attracted readers by winning the 47th Dong-In Literary Prize in 2016 with her short story collection Hello, Drunkard (Changbi). Kwon Yeo sun’s writing demonstrates a unique sense of dignity ...
  • VOL.22 / 2020.05
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#Minorities in society

#Minorities in society KPIPA introduces K-Books for global publishing markets through K-Book Platform   2020.08.03   Greatest Fish 1. Publication Details Title | Greatest FishAuthor | Gu ByungmoPublisher | Wisdomhouse Mediagroup Inc.Publication Date | 2018-03-30ISBN | 9791162203392No. of pages | 220Dimensions | 128 * 188   2. Copyright Contact Name | Julia KwonEmail | ohappyday@wisdomhouse.co.krPhone | +82-31-936-4199   3. Book Intro Gon breathes through gills and swims in a deep, blue lake with his scales shining. He has hidden himself from the world and lived a secluded life, feeling limitless freedom underwater. Kangha gives Gon a new name and life. Haeryu escapes death, rescued by Gon. Great Fish is a mysterious and beautiful story about people who have been abandoned and isolated in the world yet desperately hope to keep breathing, even if they have to live their lives underwater. * http://k-book.or.kr/user/b...
  • VOL.25 / 2020.08
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GOZKNOCK ENT

GOZKNOCK ENT How About a Genre Novel to Read on a Quiet Day?   2018.07.31   Imagine a hunter who seeks out his prey for writing, hunts it down, collects it and cooks it after. If one were to look at Gozknock ENT, they would be reminded of such a hunter, as the workers here become observers and explorers in order to find good writing. They are in their second year of existence and they already have a strong reader base and are known for their genre novels. Readers say they don’t need to think twice when it comes to books from Gozknock - they just read them. The below is a Q&A with Bae Seon-a, head of Gozknock ENT currently sprouting stories for film adaptations in a garden of content.     KPIPA Could you tell us what kind of place Gozknock ENT is?   Bae Gozknock ENT is a development company that creates original stories ready to be adapted into video, in addition to genre novels. We combined the Korean word ‘gozknock’ which means quiet, cozy with ‘ent...
  • VOL.11 / 2018.07
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2018 Seoul International Book Fair ‘New Definition’

2018 Seoul International Book Fair ‘New Definition’ Expand Your Thinking and World Through Books   2018.07.31       The annual Seoul International Book Fair, now in its 24th year, was held for five days from June 20 to 24 at COEX, Seoul with the theme ‘New Definition’. At the fair’s local exhibitions 234 companies participated, while in the international booths 91 companies from 32 countries including France, the United States, Japan and China took part in the festivities. The guest country of honor for this year’s fair was the Czech Republic. In line with the theme ‘New Definition’, there was a variety of seminars, conferences, special programs, events and exhibits. Just inside the fair venue were shelves of books, unique booths, events and lectures by famous participants that caught your eye. There were many different programs to satiate all kinds of book lovers at the Seoul International Book Fair. This piece delves into this year’s book fair that aime...
  • VOL.11 / 2018.07
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Ha Seong-Ran, An Author Ready to Talk

Ha Seong-Ran, An Author Ready to Talk   2018.07.31   In the April issue of Asymptote, which has a global circulation of 70,000, a book by South Korean author Ha Seong-ran was featured inside. Ha is known for her detailed depictions in her writing and the book that was introduced was Bluebeard’s First Wife (Changbi). Whether she is far away or close by, Ha is ready to talk and the following is a Q&A with the author.   KPIPA Please tell us about yourself.   Ha Seong-ran(Ha below) Since my short novel Grass was selected in a literary competition by Seoul Daily in 1996, I’ve been writing short, long novels and prose. Before I won that award, I had about 10 years of preparation and long before that in school I wrote in literary clubs so I’ve been writing for a long time. When I experience a bit of writer’s block, I think of my middle school years when I used to write short novels. I also think of the novel that won my first award and made me a novelist. In betwee...
  • VOL.11 / 2018.07
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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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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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Beyond Borders: A Foreigner’s Perspective on Korean Literature

I Read   Beyond Borders: A Foreigner’s Perspective on Korean Literature Reviews of Korean Literature by International Readers   2025.02.17   This article is a review written by a Moroccan reader ofK-Book Trends after reading Korean books.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com   Human Acts (Changbi Publishers) by Han Kang   English and Korean covers of Human Acts     Han Kang’s Human Acts is a profoundly moving novel set against the backdrop of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising in South Korea. Through interlinked chapters, the book portrays the lives of individuals affected by the brutal government crackdown, including a boy searching for his friend, survivors coping with trauma, and those bearing the weight of collective memory. The novel is a heartbreaking meditation on the re...
  • VOL.79 / 2025.02
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Three Generations of Railworkers

Three Generations of Railworkers   2020.07.13                         Three Generations of Railworkers - A gripping story penetrating the 100-year-history of Korea’s modern history   Tells the three-generation-crossing story of a labor activist and his ancestors who had been working as railwaymen during turbulent times in the past.   "The three trainman generations"First generation: Lee Baek-Man (worked at a train manufacturing factory)Second generation: Lee Il-Cheol (worked as an engineer during the Japanese occupation of Korea, who then moved to North Korea after the liberalization)Third generation: Lee Ji-San (worked as an engineer in North Korea and lived as a captive in South Korea after the Korean War) Factory Worker Fourth generation: Lee Jin-Oh (held a longterm sit-in at a high altitude fighting for labor rights) Tough and challenging laborers’ life that passed down in the fa...
  • VOL.24 / 2020.07
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