Canonical Korean short stories now in English as Penguin Classics

'For Korean literature to be known to global readers, it ultimately needs to be translated. So good translations are essential to overcome language barriers,' says Kwon. Photo: The Korea Herald/Asia News Network

Must-read canonical Korean short stories are now available in English through The Penguin Book Of Korean Short Stories, part of the Penguin Classics collection.

The anthology, co-curated and edited by Bruce Fulton, a translator and professor of Korean Literature and Literary Translation at the University of British Columbia, marks a milestone as the first collection of Korean literature to join the Penguin Classics series.