Agent of Misfortune
Mysterious commenter AskGodot left a response to the “All Modern Korean Literature Online” Project in which he pointed out another great resource, the Words Without Borders list of 31 articles translated from Korean to English. It is mainly poetry, but there are some nice fiction:
Earnie
Fiction by Lee Gi-ho
Camel’s Eye
Fiction by Hwang Sok-Yong
The Man Who Sold His Shadow
Fiction by Kim Young-ha
Garden of My Childhood
Fiction by Oh Jung-hee
Memories of Lily-Colored Photographs
Fiction by Jung Mi Kyung
Second Encounter
Fiction by Han Ung-bin
There are also several selections from other fictions… so check it out and wait for these to go up on the big database shortly…
Are we limited to ROK Korean?
And, does graphic fiction count?
Charles,
I am limited to ROK both by interest and the fact I live here. Posting NK stuff can be problematic.
Graphic fiction would count if I read it.^^
If you know someone who’s a fan and can write, I’d be happy to have them post here.
Charles…
There is quite alot of Korean Manga that has been translated, in the graphic arts area.
For example: or http://www.koreanmanhwa.com etc.
Some of it must be online.
Like this: for example
I don’t actually follow it too much, but I do see it in specialist sections of online bookstores.
Like K-POP, it feels like a Korean artform that is well-suited for mass consumption.
And, what about Korean literature from China?
And, of course, there are ethnic Koreans in Russia and elsewhere in the former USSR that use Korean as a primary language.
I know that this university did some work on Korean literature in Russia.
Also, I know that ethnic Koreans in Japan also sometimes use Korean; they may do a bit of writing.