Yi Sang: Selected Works

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Yi Sang: Selected Works offers a compelling glimpse into the creative world of one of Korea's most avant-garde writers, Yi Sang. A collection of poetry, essays, and short stories reveals his unique voice, marked by modernist experimentation and existential exploration. With striking imagery and introspective content, the works capture the existential angst and cultural observations of early 20th-century Korea, making it a fascinating read for anyone interested in exploring Korea's literary and cultural heritage.
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You might enjoy this collection if you're intrigued by avant-garde literature and the exploration of existential themes through experimental prose and poetry. The author's work is celebrated for its innovative style and deep reflection on the complexities of modern life, making it a compelling read for those with a keen interest in Korean literature and cultural exploration.

A ground-breaking retrospective of this major Korean writer of the modernist era, presented in English by award-winning poets and translators.

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Winner of the Big Other Award in Translation
Winner of MLA's 17th Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work

Formally audacious and remarkably compelling, Yi Sang: Selected Works stands uniquely amid the literary experiments of world literature in the early twentieth century and the political upheaval of 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea. Although his life ended prematurely at the age of twenty-seven, Yi Sang's work endures as one of the great revolutionary legacies of modern Korean literature.

This carefully curated selection presents the work of the influential Korean modernist master. It assembles poems, essays, and stories that ricochet off convention in a visionary and daring response to personal and national trauma. These works remind us that to write from the avant-garde is a form of civil disobedience.

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Yi Sang: Selected Works garners praise for the dynamic and visionary translation provided by Don Mee Choi, acknowledged for its speed and depth. The poetry captures a powerful sense of alienation and horror tied to its historical context, resonating with a defiant complexity against the everyday world.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781950268085

Publisher: Wave Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Wave Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Don Mee Choi
Edited by Don Mee Choi
Translated by Jack Jung
Translated by Sawako Nakayasu
Translated by Joyelle McSweeney

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 177.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction Poetry Yi Sang

About the Author

Yi Sang (1920-1937) was a painter, architect, poet and writer of 1930s Korea, when Korean peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule. Yi Sang wrote and published in both Korean and Japanese until his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 27, after imprisonment by Japanese police for thought crimes in Tokyo. His work shows innovative engagement with European modernism, especially that of Surrealism and Dada. He is considered one of the most experimental writers of Korean modernism.