English Translations of Korean
Literature Published before 2001
| Genre |
Year |
Contents / original title |
Title of published translation |
Original author(s) |
Translator(s) |
Publisher |
| Poetry |
2000 |
검은 꽃 |
Black Flower in the Sky |
정기석 Chong Ki-sheok |
Naoshi Koriyama Elizabeth Ogata |
U Hawai'i Press |
| Poetry |
2000 |
selected poems |
Voices in Diversity |
various |
Ko Won |
Cross Cultural Communication |
| Classical |
2000 |
임진록 |
The Record of the Black Dragon Year |
Peter H. Lee |
U Hawai'i Press |
|
| Fiction |
1999 |
short stories |
The Prophet and Other Stories |
이청준 Yi Ch'ong-jun |
Julie Pickering |
Cornell EAS |
| Fiction |
1999 |
저문날의 삽화 |
A Sketch of the Fading Sun |
박완서 Park Wan-suh |
Hyun-jae Yee Sallee |
White Pine |
| Fiction |
1999 |
short stories |
My Very Last Possession etc |
박완서 Park Wan-suh |
Chun Kyong-ja etc |
M. E. Sharpe |
| Poetry |
1999 |
농무 |
Farmers' Dance |
신경림 Shin Kyong-Nim |
Br. Anthony Young-Moo Kim |
Cornell EAS |
| Poetry |
1999 |
selected poems |
Looking for the Cow |
various |
Kevin O'Rourke |
Dedalus |
| Drama |
1999 |
plays |
The Metacultural Theater of Oh T'ae-Sok |
오태석 Oh T'ae-Sok |
Kim Ah-jeong R. B. Graves |
U Hawai'i Press |
| Fiction |
1998 |
TOC |
A Ready-Made Life |
seeTOC | Kim Chong-un Bruce Fulton |
U Hawai'i Press |
| Fiction |
1998 |
TOC |
The Golden Phoenix |
see TOC | Suh Ji-moon Daisy Lee Yang |
Lynne Rienner |
| Fiction |
1998 |
TOC |
The Rainy Spell and Other Korean Stories |
see TOC | Suh Ji-moon |
M. E. Sharpe |
| Poetry |
1998 |
selected poems |
Day-Shine |
정현종 Chong Hyun-jong |
Wolhee Choe Peter Fusco |
Cornell EAS |
| Poetry |
1998 |
selected poems | The Snow Falling on Chagall's Village |
김춘수 Kim Chun-su |
Kim Jong-gil |
Cornell EAS |
| Poetry |
1998 |
Chinese-character poems |
The Moonlit Pond |
various |
Lee Sung-il |
Copper Canyon |
| Fiction |
1997 |
TOC |
Wayfarer |
see TOC | Bruce & Ju-Chan Fulton |
Women in Translation |
| Fiction |
1997 |
가까운 골짜기 |
The Valley Nearby |
강석경 Kang Sok-kyong |
Choi Kyong-do |
Heinemann |
| Fiction |
1997 |
카인의 후예 |
The Descendants of Cain |
황순원 Whang Sun-son |
Suh Ji-moon Julie Pickering |
M. E. Sharpe |
| Fiction |
1997 |
불놀이 |
Playing with Fire |
조정래 Cho Chong-Rae |
Chun Kyung-Ja |
Cornell EAS |
| Poetry |
1997 |
뭐냐 |
Beyond Self: 108 Korean Zen Poems |
고은 Ko Un |
Br. Anthony Young-Moo Kim |
Parallax |
| Poetry |
1997 |
selected poems | Sending the Ship out to the Stars |
박제천 ParkJe-chun |
Ko Chang-Soo |
Cornell EAS |
| Poetry |
1997 |
selected sijo poems |
Songs of the Kisaeng |
various |
Constantine Contogenis Wolhee Choe |
BOA |
| Poetry |
1997 |
selected sijo poems |
Modern Korean Verse, Sijo |
various |
Kim Jaihiun |
Ronsdale Press |
| Study |
1997 |
Understanding Korean Literature |
김홍규 Kim Honggyu |
Robert J. Fouser |
M. E. Sharpe |
|
| Fiction |
1996 |
토지 (1권) |
Land |
박경리 Park Kyong-ni |
Agnita Tennant |
KPI |
| Study |
1996 |
An Introduction to Classical Korean Literature |
Kim Kichung |
M. E. Sharpe |
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| Fiction |
1995 |
나목 |
Naked Tree |
박완서 Park Wan-suh |
Yu Young-nan |
Cornell EAS |
| Fiction |
1995 |
시인 |
The Poet |
이문열 Yi Mun-yol |
Chung Chong-wha Br. Anthony |
Harvill Press |
| Fiction |
1995 |
TOC |
Modern Korean Literature |
see TOC | Chung Chong-wha ed. |
KPI |
| Poetry |
1995 |
selected poems |
Back to Heaven |
천상병 Ch'on Sang-pyong |
Br. Anthony Young-Moo Kim |
Cornell EAS |
| Poetry |
1995 |
selected poems | Heart's Agony |
김지하 Kim Chiha |
Kim Won-Chung James Han |
White Pine |
| Poetry |
1995 |
selected poems | Poems of a Wanderer |
서정주 So Chong-ju |
Kevin O'Rourke |
Dedalus Press |
| Poetry |
1995 |
selected poems |
Singing like a Cricket, Hooting like an Owl |
이규보 Yi Kyu-Bo |
Kevin O'Rourke |
Cornell EAS |
| Fiction |
1994 |
The Shadow of Arms |
환석경 Hwang Seokyeong |
Jeon, Gyeongja |
Cornell EAS |
|
| Poetry |
1994 |
selected poems |
Distant Valleys |
정지용 Chong Chi-yong |
Daniel A. Kister | Asian Humanities Press |
| Poetry |
1994 |
selected poems |
Contemporary Korean Poetry |
various |
Kim Jaihiun |
Mosaic Press |
| Fiction |
1993 |
TOC |
Land of Exile |
see TOC | Marshall R. Pihl, Bruce & Ju-Chan Fulton |
M.E.Sharpe |
| Fiction |
1993 |
아름다운 영기 |
Hymn of the Spirit |
한말숙 Han Malsook |
Suzanne Crowder Han |
Seoul: Art Space |
| Fiction |
1993 |
태평천하 |
Peace Under Heaven |
채만식 Ch'ae Man-Sik |
Chun Kyung-Ja |
M. E. Sharpe |
| Fiction |
1993 |
TOC |
The Snowy Road and Other Stories | see TOC | Hyun-jae
Yee Sallee Teresa Margadonna Hyun |
White Pine |
| Poetry |
1993 |
selected poems |
The Sound of My Waves |
고은 Ko Un |
Br. Anthony Young-Moo Kim |
Cornell EAS |
| Poetry |
1993 |
poems 1941-1960 | Midang: The Early Lyrics of So Chong-ju |
서정주 So Chong-ju |
Br. Anthony |
Forest Books |
| Poetry |
1993 |
selected poems | Selected Poems of Kim Nam-Cho |
김남조 Kim Nam-Cho |
David R. McCann Hyunjae Yee Sallee |
Cornell EAS |
| Fiction |
1992 |
만남 |
Encounter |
한무숙 Hahn Moo-Sook |
Ok Young Kim Chang |
U California Press |
| Poetry |
1991 |
selected poems | A Korean Century: River and Fields |
구상 Ku Sang |
Br. Anthony |
Forest Books |
| Poetry |
1991 |
selected poems | Faint Shadows of Love |
김광규 Kim Kwang-jyu |
Br. Anthony |
Forest Books |
| Poetry |
1991 |
selected sijo poems |
Pine River and Lone Peak |
various |
Peter H. Lee |
U Hawai'i Press |
| Fiction |
1990 |
임진강의 민들레 |
The Dandelion of the Imjin River |
강신재 Kang Shin-jae |
Sol Soon-bong |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1990 |
만다라 |
Mandala |
김성동 Kim Seong-Dong |
Ahn Jung-hyo |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1990 |
조선백자마리아상 |
The Image of Virgin Mary in Choson White Porcelain |
서기원 Suh Ki-won |
Chung Chung-ho |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1990 |
끊어진 다리 |
Bridge |
정한숙 Chung Han-sook |
Kim Heung-sook |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1990 |
아메리카 |
America |
조해일 Cho Hae-il |
Ahn Jung-hyo |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1990 |
보초 |
Floating Grass |
한수산 Han Soo-san |
Kim Seong-kon |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1990 |
일원 |
Sunlight, Moonlight |
황순원 Hwang Sun-won |
Sol Sun-bong |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Poetry |
1990 |
풍장 |
Wind Burial |
황동규 Hwang Dong-Gyu |
Hwang Dong-Gyu Grace Gibson |
St. Andrews Press |
| Poetry |
1990 |
유치찬란 |
Infant Splendor |
구상 Ku Sang |
Br. Anthony |
Seoul: Samseong Publishing |
| Poetry |
1990 |
selected poems |
Selected Poems of Pak Mog-wol |
박목월 Pak Mok Wol |
Kim U-Chang |
Asian Humanities |
| Fiction |
1989 |
TOC |
Words of Farewell |
see TOC |
Seattle: Seal Press |
|
| Fiction |
1989 |
파도 |
The Waves |
강신재 Kang Shin-jae |
Tina L. Sallee |
KPI |
| Fiction |
1989 |
을화 |
The Shaman Sorceress |
김동리 Kim Dongni |
Shin Hyun-song Chung Eugene |
KPI |
| Fiction |
1989 |
short stories |
The Green Prodigals |
various |
Tina L. Sallee |
Flinders University CRNLE series |
| Fiction | 1989 | 천둥소리 | The Sound of Thunder | 김주영 Kim Ju-young |
Chun Kyong-ja | Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Poetry |
1989 |
Korean Classical Literature |
various |
Chung Chong-Wha etc |
KPI |
|
| Poetry |
1989 |
selected poems | Wastelands of Fire |
구상 Ku Sang |
Br. Anthony |
Forest Books |
| Poetry |
1989 |
selected poems |
The Wind and the Waves |
various |
Lee Sung-Il |
Asian Humanities Press |
| Fiction |
1988 |
분단기 |
Divided Time |
정을병 Chung Eul-bong |
Sol Sun-bong | Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1988 |
short stories |
Anthology of Korean Literature Vol 3 |
various |
various |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1988 |
바람과 강 |
The Wind and the River |
김원일 Kim Won-il |
Choi Jin-young |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Fiction |
1988 |
남풍 |
The Wind from the South |
손소희 SonSo-hee |
Suzanne Crowder Han Kim Mi-ja |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Fiction |
1988 |
회색인 |
A Grey Man |
최인훈 Choi In-hoon |
Chun Kyung-Ja |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Fiction |
1988 |
심야의 정담 |
Three Voices at Midnight |
신상웅 Shin Sang-ung |
Ahn Jung-hyo |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1988 |
short stories |
Anthology of Korean Literature Vol 2 |
various |
various |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Fiction |
1988 |
short stories |
Anthology of Korean Literature Vol 1 |
various |
various |
Seoul: Dongsuhmunhaksa |
| Drama |
1988 |
plays |
Traditional Korean Theater |
various |
ed. Jo O-kon |
Asian Humanities Press |
| Poetry |
1987 |
Chinese-character poems |
Slow Chrysanthemums |
various |
Kim Jong-Gil |
Anvil Press |
| Fiction |
1986 |
황제를 위하여 |
Hail to the Emperor! |
이문열 Yi Mun-yol |
Sol Sun-bong |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Fiction |
1986 |
이어도 |
Iyo Island |
정한숙 Chung Han-sook |
Chun Kyung-Ja |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Fiction |
1986 |
그 여자의 연인들 |
The Man she Loved |
박연희 Pahk Yon-Hee |
Yun Hyo-Yun |
Crescent |
| Fiction |
1986 |
당신들의 천국 |
This Paradise of Yours |
이청준 Yi Ch'ong-jun |
Chang Wang-rok Chang Yong-hee |
Crescent |
| Poetry |
1986 |
selected poems | Unforgettable Things |
서정주 So Chong-ju |
David R. McCann |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Poetry |
1986 |
selected poems |
The Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry |
various |
Chung Chong-wha |
East West |
| Fiction |
1985 |
소설가 구보씨의 하루 |
The Daily Life of Ku-Poh the Novelist |
최인훈 Choi In-hoon |
Hong Ki-Chang |
Fremont |
| Fiction |
1985 |
움직이는 성 |
The Moving Castle |
황순원 Hwang Sun-won |
Bruce and Ju-chan Fulton |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Fiction |
1985 |
광장 |
The Square |
최인훈 Choi In-hoon |
Ku Ki-sung |
Spindlewood |
| Classical |
1985 |
한중록 |
Memoirs of a Korean Queen |
혜경궁 홍씨 Lady Hong |
Choe-Wall Yang-hi |
KPI |
| Poetry |
1985 |
님의 침묵 |
The Silence of Love |
한용운 Han Yong-un |
Kim Jaihiun |
Prairie Poet Books |
| Poetry |
1985 |
selected sijo poems |
Love in Mid-Winter Night |
various |
Chung Chong-wha |
KPI |
| Fiction |
1984 |
short stories |
The Good People |
오영수 Oh Young-Soo |
Marshall R. Pihl |
Heinemann Asia |
| Fiction |
1983 |
short stories |
Debasement and Other Stories |
성기조 Song Ki-jo |
Yun Ju-chan Bruce Fulton |
Fremont |
| Fiction |
1983 |
아름다운 영가 |
Hymn of the Spirit |
한말숙 Han Malsook |
Suzanne Crowder |
Fremont |
| Fiction |
1983 |
사반의 십자가 |
The Cross of Shaphan |
김동리 Kim Dongni |
Sol Sun-bong |
Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa |
| Fiction |
1983 |
short stories |
The Rainy Spell and other Korean Stories |
various |
Suh Ji-moon |
onyx |
| Various |
1982 |
various |
Black Crane 2 |
various |
David R. McCann |
Cornell China-Japan |
| Fiction |
1981 |
short stories |
Modern Far Eastern Stories |
various |
various |
Seoul: JiSa |
| Fiction |
1980 |
short stories 별 |
The Stars |
황순원 Hwang Sun-won |
Edward W. Poitras |
Heinemann Asia |
| Fiction |
1980 |
TOC |
Modern
Korean Short Stories |
see TOC | multiple. Chung Chong-wha ed. |
Heinemann Asia |
| Fiction |
1980 |
TOC |
Meetings and Farewells |
see TOC | Chung Chong-wha ed. |
U Queensland Press |
| Fiction |
1980 |
나무들 비탈에 서다 |
Trees on the Cliff |
황순원 Hwang Sun-won |
Chang Wang-Rok |
Larchwood |
| Fiction |
1980 |
세종대왕 |
King Se-Jong |
박종화 Pak Chong-wha |
Ahn Jung-Hyo |
Larchwood |
| Fiction |
1980 |
short stories |
A Washed-out Dream |
Kim Seung-ok Chang Yong-hak Hwang Sun-Won Shyn Sang-Ung Ha Keun-chan Hyon Jin-Gon Son Chang-sop Choe In-ho Kim Tong-In |
Kevin O'Rourke |
Larchwood |
| Poetry |
1980 |
selected poems | Wren's Elegy |
모윤숙 Yoon Sook Moh |
Peter Hyun Ko Chang-Soo |
Larchwood |
| Poetry |
1980 |
selected poems |
The Contemporary Korean Poets |
various |
Kim Jaihiun |
Larchwood |
| Classical |
1980 |
한중록 | Han Joong Nok |
혜경궁 홍씨 Lady Hong |
Bruce K. Grant Kim Chin-man |
Larchwood |
| Poetry |
1979 |
Korea's best loved poems |
various |
Ko Chang Soo | Hollym | |
| Poetry |
1979 |
Six voices |
Kim Hae-Sook Kim Yang-shik Lim Seong-sook Shin Tong-choon Sung Choon-bok Yoo Kyung-Whan |
Kim Yang-shik Lim Seong-sook |
Royal Asiatic Society | |
| Poetry |
1979 |
Paulownia Leaf Modern Korean Literature: 1980 |
Han Yong-un et al. | Lee in soo Kim jong gil |
Korean Culture and Arts Foundation |
|
| Fiction |
1979 |
을화 |
Ulhwa the Shaman | 김동리 Kim Dongni |
Ahn Junghyo |
Larchwood |
| Poetry |
1978 |
The Gold-Crowned Jesus and Other Writings |
Kim Chi Ha | Chong Sun Kim | Orbis Books | |
| Fiction |
1978 |
Modern Far Eastern stories |
Sunwu Hwi et al | Chong Jong-Wha | Heinemann Educational Books | |
| Classics |
1977 |
Nanjung Ilgi: war diary of admiral Yi Sun-sin |
Yi Sun-Sin | Ha Tae-Hung | Yonsei University Press | |
| Poetry |
1977 |
Black Crane |
Han Yong-un et al | David R. McCann | Cornell Univ East Asia Program | |
| Poetry |
1977 |
A lamp burns low: 105 poems |
김소월 Sowol Kim |
Jaihyun Kim |
Seongji Pub. | |
| Poetry |
1976 |
Twenty-three poems |
모윤숙 Youn Sook Moh |
Jaihiun Joyce Kim | Pioneer | |
| Fiction |
1975 |
Korean short stories |
Kim Dong-In Kay Yong-muk Lee Hyo-sok Ahn Soo-kil Oh Young-soo Choi Bum-so Park Kyung-li Kim Tong-li |
Hong Myoung-Hee | Il Ji Sa | |
| Poetry |
1975 |
Lost love: 99 poems |
김소월 Sowol Kim |
Jaihiun Joyce Kim | Pan Korea Book | |
| Poetry |
1975 |
Beyond time & space |
김영식 Kim Yang-shik |
Kyung-Nyun Kim F.Richards Steffen |
Modern Poetry Press |
|
| Classical |
1974 |
Virtuous Women: Three Classic Korean Novels,
A nine cloud Dream, Queen Inhyŭn, Chun-hyang |
Kim Man-jung | Richard Rutt Kim Chong-un |
Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch | |
| Poetry |
1974 |
Poems from Korea: A Historical Anthology |
King Mu of Paekche et al. | Peter H. Lee | University Press of Hawaii | |
| Fiction |
1974 |
Flowers of Fire: Twentieth-Century Korean
Stories |
Sun WooHwi etc |
Peter H. Lee | University Press of Hawaii | |
| Poetry |
1974 |
Cry of the people and other poems |
김지하 Kim Chi Ha |
various |
Autumn Press | |
| Poetry |
1974 |
The immortal voice: an anthology of modern
Korean poetry |
Han Yong-un et al. | Jaihiun Joyce Kim | Inmun Pub. | |
| Poetry |
1974 |
Where Clouds Pass By: Selected Poems of Cho
Byung-Hwa |
조병화 Cho Byung-hwa |
Kevin O'Rourke | Chung-Ang Publishing | |
| Poetry |
1973 |
진달래꽃 |
Azaleas: Poems by Sowol Kim |
Sowol Kim | Jaihiun Joyce Kim | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies |
| Classical |
1972 |
삼국유사 |
Samguk Yusa: Legends and History of the Three
Kingdoms of Ancient Korea |
일연 Ilyon |
Tae Hung Ha Grafton K. Mintz |
Yonsei University Press |
| Poetry |
1971 |
Sijo |
The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo |
Yi Saek etc |
Richard Rutt | University of California Press |
| Poetry |
1971 |
Sea of tomorrow: forty poems |
박투진 Pak Tu-Jin |
Edward Poitras | Il cho kak | |
| Classical |
1969 |
Lives of Eminent Korean Monks: The Haedong
Koseung Chun |
Kakhun | Peter H. Lee | Harvard | |
| Drama |
1968 |
Plays from Korea |
Czi-Zin Yu et al. | Zong In-sob | Korean Language School for Foreigners, Chung-ang University |
|
| Fiction |
1967 |
The running water hermitage |
한무숙 Hahn Moo-Sook |
Chung Chong-wha | Moonwang | |
| Poetry |
1965 |
Sijo |
The Ever White Mountain: Korean Lyrics in the
Classical Sijo Form |
Choi Chung et al. | Inez Kong Pai | John Weatherhill |
| Poetry |
1964 |
Anthology of Korean Poetry: From the Earliest
Era to the Present |
various |
Peter H. Lee |
John Day | |
| Fiction |
1963 |
Love in winter |
Kim Yong Ik | Kim Ki Chang | Korea University Press | |
| Fiction |
1961 |
Collected Short Stories from Korea |
Ahn Soo-Gil | Chu Yo-sup | Eomun-gag | |
| Poetry |
1961 |
Korean verses |
various |
Korean poets association |
Korean Information Service | |
| Poetry |
1960 |
Voices of the Dawn: A Selection of Korean
Poetry from the Sixth Century to the Present Day |
various |
Peter Hyun | John Murray | |
| Poetry |
1959 |
Selected Poems of Kim So Wol |
김소월 Kim So Wol |
Dong-sung Kim | Sung Moon Gak | |
| Fiction |
1958 |
Modern short stories from Korea |
Hyun Jin-geon et al. | Zŏng In-sŏb | Munho-sa | |
| Poetry |
1957 |
Before Love Fades Away |
Cho Byung-Wha | Dong-sung Kim | Chang Shin | |
| Classical |
1936 |
Tales from Korea |
various |
Pyun Yung-Tai |
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| Poetry |
1936 |
Songs from Korea |
various |
Pyun Yung-Tai |
Chosen Christian Literature Society |
|
| Poetry |
1935 |
The Orchid Door |
various |
Joan Grigsby |
J. L. Thompson |
|
| Classical |
1922 |
구운몽c |
The Cloud Dream of the Nine, a Korean novel :
a story of the times of the Tangs of China about 840 A.D |
김만중 Kim Man-jung |
James S. Gale | D. O'Connor |
| Classical |
1913 |
Yadam |
Korean Folk Tales (1913) |
Im Bang & Yi Ryuk, | James S. Gale |
Dent |