A Book Talk by Park Min Gyu
Department: Center for Critical Korean Studies
Date and Time: June 5, 2017 | 5:00 PM-7:00 PMEvent Location: Roger C. Holden Faculty and Graduate Student Reading Room, Langson Library
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| | Program5:00-6:00 p.m.
Book Talk with author Park Min-gyu
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Reception, Book Sales & Signing
The program will also feature a panel with esteemed translators of Korean literature, Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton, who will introduce their new book "Sunset: A Ch'ae Manshik Reader" published by Columbia University Press.
Hors d'oeuvres and Hosted Bar. Please note limited seating.
Reservations and Information can be found here.
Event co-sponsored by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea.
For questions, please contact UCI Libraries External Relations Office
at partners@uci.edu or 949-824-4651.
About Park Min-gyu
Born in Ulsan, South Korea in 1968, Park Min-gyu graduated from Chungang University with a degree in Critical Writing. He started his literary career with two novels, "Legend of the World's Superheroes" (Jigu yeongung jeonseol) and "The Last Fan Club of Sammi Superstars" (Sammi syupeosuta eui majimak paenkulleob), in 2003 and these novels earned him the Munhak Dongne Author Award and the Hankyoreh Literary Prize, respectively. His short story "Raccoon World" (Komawo, kwayon neoguri-ya) was included in the 2005 Yi Sang Literary Award Collection.
Park's latest novel, "Pavane for a Dead Princess", was published in 2009. One of the stories titled "The Door of Morning" (Achim eui moon) won Yi Sang Literary Award. In 2010, Park's short story, "A Nap" was adapted into a theatrical play of the same name. It was directed by filmmaker Hur Jin-ho and starred Kibum of Super Junior as a young version of male lead Young-jin.