Shin Kyung-sook has been chosen by Korean readers in a Kyobo poll as the writer they would like to most meet. Which writer does the public in South Korea most want to meet? The results of a survey of 20 thousand people by Kyobo Book Centre to mark the 30th anniversary of its opening show…
Interesting article in the JoongAng Daily on Lee Oisoo and HOW he stays popular and the interesting places and experiences this has brought him in the arena of social media.
KTLIT notes with interest that last year (2009) Lee Oisoo was voted “Most Popular Novelist” in a survey by Gallup Korea.
TRANSLATOR COMMENTS: At times he gets very clever with word-play. An extra-challenge for a translator, which I took up when I was in school, just to see if I can wing it. After I finished a number of pages, I sent the author a sample of my translation. He responded that he asked his website…