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South Korean Novelists Bae Suah and Cheon Myeong-kwan


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Colin Marshall talks with two of South Korea's best-known novelists, Bae Suah and Cheon Myeong-kwan, as they visit Los Angeles on a trip with the Literature Translation Institute of Korea. Bae's 'Nowhere to Be Found' and Cheon's 'Modern Family' have both recently appeared in English translations. Colin also speaks with Institute president Kim Seong-kon, who gives us an introduction to these writers and places their themes in the context of modern Korean literature.
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