Meet the Translator Event (Banpo, Seocho-Gu)

Thank you for your interest in our upcoming event in Seorae Maeul!

On October 16th 2025 (Thursday) at 7 pm at the French School in seorae maeul (running time about 90 minutes) - Ms. Sora Kim-Russell, a renowned American translator will be giving a talk about her journey as a translator of Korean contemporary literature. In this talk centered on depictions of mothers and care work in Korean literature, Sora will share excerpts from her translations of Pyun Hye-Young's The Hole (2016) and Kim Eui-Kyung's forthcoming Hello Baby (2023), and discuss the perils of becoming a professional translator and working mother.

This talk is being sponsored by the Korean Literature Translation Institute. It is free to attend but pre-reservation is a must for attendance check at the Entrance of the school. Kindly pass on the message to your friends who are also interested in this topic.

Link to the registration page: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXyGTF7HfF7KX9ywAifjfxzJMuttEjFIKe8glW-_S4jY5vVw/viewform?usp=header

If you have read any of the following titles (translations by Sora Kim-Russell), you can get your copy signed by Ms. Kim-Russell that day:

• Nowhere to Be Found by Bae Suah
• Our Happy Time by Gong Ji young
• Princess Bari ** by Hwang Sok yong
• At Dusk by Hwang Sok yong
• Familiar Things by Hwang Sok yong
• The Prisoner by Hwang Sok yong
• Mater 2 10 by Hwang Sok yong, co translated
• Wolves by Jeon Sungtae
• Old Wrester by Jeon Sungtae
• On the Origin of Species and Other Stories **by Kim Bo young, co translated
• The Plotters ** by Kim Un su
• The Hole by Pyun Hye young
• City of Ash and Red** by Pyun Hye young
• The Law of Lines **by Pyun Hye young
• I’ll Be Right There by Shin Kyung sook
• "Hello Baby" by Kim Eui-Young

** covered at the SEORAE BOOK CLUB meets
Hello Baby is yet to be released in English in Feb 2026.

Thank you for your trust and interest in our programs and events!

With best regards,

Zimie Rim
Director

Seorae Global Village Center
Tel: 02-2155-8949