Shirley Lee writes for PEN Atlas, in a week when Korea is the Market Focus for London Book Fair 2014
Read MoreThe suffering healers
Ahead of his appearances with English PEN at the Free Word Centre and London Book Fair 2014, Hwang Sok-Yong takes us into the shamanistic past of Korean culture
Read MoreCapturing the mood
In the run-up to the London Book Fair 2014, where South Korea is the market focus, we have the first in a series of pieces from the region: today Chi Young-Kim writes about the varied places translators go to, from baseball blogs to animal fables, when transporting the reader into the world of the novel
Read MoreWomen Writers, Part I
PEN Atlas contributor Krys Lee considers the impact of Kyung-sook Shin’s Man Asian Literary Prize win and where Korean women writers stand today
Read MoreWhat We Don't Know About North Korea
This week’s PEN Atlas despatch comes from Krys Lee, who takes a look at the literature from (and about) North Korea
Read MoreWhat We Don’t Know About North Korea
This week’s PEN Atlas despatch comes from Krys Lee, who takes a look at the literature from (and about) North Korea
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