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Article: Modern Korean Literature: An Anthology, 1908-1965.
- Article from:
- World Literature Today
- Article date:
- September 22, 1995
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Korean literature is becoming popular in foreign lands. France's Gallimard published Shin Kyunglim's verse collection "Dreams of the Defeated" in the spring of 1995, and Germany's Suhrkamp is planning to issue Ko Un's poetry volume "Star of the Fatherland" later this year. The globalization of Korean literature is good news to Korean poets and writers.
Modern Korean Literature is an anthology of short fiction covering the years 1908 -- 65 and including selections from such noted writers as Kim Yu-jong, Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Dong-in, Kim Sung-ok, Lee Sang, Hwang Sun-won, Yi Hyo-suk, Hyon Jin-kon, Oh Young-su, Sohn So-hi, Kang Shin-jae, Han Mu-suk, Han Mal-suk, Oh ...