Collection of Bora Chung’s early short stories hits shelves

Collection of Bora Chung’s early short stories hits shelves

The name Bora Chung was trending on the Korean literary scene last year after she was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, one of the largest literary awards in the world.카지노사이트 Although her name appeared to have come from nowhere, the author of “Cursed Bunny” has been writing under the pen name Chung Do-gyung…

Korea Times Translation Awards open doors for aspiring literary translators

Korea Times Translation Awards open doors for aspiring literary translators

Aspiring translators said that the Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards, hosted by The Korea Times, have become a stepping stone for their literary translation dreams.카지노사이트 The Korea Times held the award ceremony for the 53rd edition of the contest, sponsored by KB Financial Group, at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Thursday. Gene Png,…

Anxiety and Irresponsibility: What Is to Be Done About Literary Moralism?

Anxiety and Irresponsibility: What Is to Be Done About Literary Moralism?

In her recent essay “Anxiety and Responsibility: What Stories Can Come From Our Current Moment,” Clare Pollard almost wholly encapsulates a prevailing literary ethos: that the primary function of social novels is social change, that social change lends fiction real-world utility, that its real-world utility makes fiction a craft, that this craft requires labor, and…

The Highs and Lows of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Literary Offerings

The Highs and Lows of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Literary Offerings

Although the Toronto International Film Festival is known generally as a populist festival—not the place for hard-hitting, formally subversive, international arthouse fare—quality cinema is not difficult to find among the hundreds of films programmed across its 11-day schedule. Especially if you’re inclined toward the literary.카지노사이트 This year’s TIFF was striped with bands of literary intrigue,…