A video of Kim Young-ha giving a charming lecture, as well as excerpts from six of Kim Young-ha’s works, several of which are linked to full versions of the stories (I have linked the full versions, where possible). The excerpts are here, and the works include: I Have the Right to Destroy Myself Marilyn Monroe…
Today I had the chance to interview Kim Young-ha. This is always pretty funny, because I feel like we get along pretty well, although we’ve only met a few times. Still, I’m reduced to a bit of a fanboy in his presence, which is pretty funny considering my advanced age. At any rate, the interview…
On September 17th, at the Scandanavia Design House in Apgujeong, the Seoul Literary Society (a function of the Swedish Embassy in Seoul) Kim Young-ha gave a speech on the things in his youth that affected his writing, and then answered questions from the audience. KTLIT was there, with the handy-dandy iPhone and camera, and recorded…
NOTE: This is an update of a previous post from last year it is interesting to note that elsewhere in this interview she expressed relative certainty about the eventual success of Please Take Care of Mother. Last September I was lucky enough to catch up with Chi-Young Kim at the 4th International Translators’ Conference at…
Just some Kim Young-ha reviews that popped up as I was culling the internet. They like his work, and two of them comment on the covers. First, perhaps my favorite just because of its title: Short, Sexy and Suicidal by dardenitaaa over at her fine blog Assorted Paperjams. She says: I was drawn to that…
There is no better time than now to begin to read modern Korean literature. It’s many talented authors write in myriad genres and in the past 25 years have begun to skillfully meld innately Korean history and culture to stories with international appeal.
here is the sidebar on Kim Young-ha that ran in this month’s 10 Magazine (The best English-language magazine in Korea!): “Kim Young-ha: Writer of Darkness in an Empire of Light.”
All the known translations of Kim Young-ha, including several available online.
Chi-Young Kim, Kim Young-ha, Lee Dong-Ha, North Korea, Yi Mun-yol, Kyung-ran Jo,I Have the Right to Destroy Myself, Tongue, Toy City. All in one splendid mess!