Zŏng In-Sŏb
(鄭寅燮 정인섭 Jeong in-seob 1905-1983)
Zŏng In-Sŏb graduated from the English Department of Waseda University (Tokyo) in 1929 and taught at Yeonhui College (Seoul) until 1946, while being active in several literary and academic associations. In 1946 he became a professor at Central (Jungang) University in Seoul, then during the Korean War, from 1950-1953, he taught Korean at SOAS in the University of London (UK) while earning his M.A. In 1954 he was one of the founders of the Korean PEN Club, from 1956 he was its first President, while teaching at SNU before returning to Jungang University in 1957, where he stayed until he retired in 1968.
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EnglishZŏng In-Sŏb graduated from the English Department of Waseda University (Tokyo) in 1929 and taught at Yeonhui College (Seoul) until 1946, while being active in several literary and academic associations. In 1946 he became a professor at Central (Jungang) University in Seoul, then during the Korean War, from 1950-1953, he taught Korean at SOAS in the University of London (UK) while earning his M.A. In 1954 he was one of the founders of the Korean PEN Club, from 1956 he was its first President, while teaching at SNU before returning to Jungang University in 1957, where he stayed until he retired in 1968.
An Anthology of Modern Poems in Korea (1948)
Folk Tales from Korea (1952)
Modern Short Stories from Korea (1958)
Plays from Korea (1968)
An Introduction to Korean Literature (1970)
An Anthology of Modern Poems in Korea (1948)
125 poems by 100 modern Korean poets, the first anthology of modern Korean poetry in English translation to be published.
PDF Scans: Prefaces & TOCPart 1
Part 2
Part 3
Annotated TOC
20 short stories from before the Korean War, the first anthology of modern Korean fiction in English translation to be published
Annotated Table of Contents, linking to the texts of the Preface and each individual story (OCR scans saved as PDF files).