Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans, mostly in the Korean language and sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea's...

South Korea, North Korean literature until 1945, and North Korean literature South Korean literature is literature written or produced in South Korea following...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang (born 1970) "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical...

Korea's subsequent literary tradition was shaped and controlled by the State. The "Guidelines for Juche Literature", published by the official Korean...

The current concept of Korean Literature (한국문학) focuses mostly on the literary work evolved within South Korea, its translation and gradual transition...

Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea, or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula...

literature in Korea (Hangul: 한문학 Hanja: 漢文學) is Korean literature written in Literary Chinese, which represents an early phase of Korean literature and...

20th century, Korean literature was influenced by Classical Chinese literature. Chinese calligraphy was also extensively used by Koreans for over one thousand...

Ishikawa Jōzan was an influential 17th century poet. Korean literature diverged from Chinese literature in the Joseon dynasty. The akjang, the sijo, and the...

Asian literature is the literature produced in Asia. East Asian literature Cantonese literature Chinese literature Japanese literature Korean literature Okinawan...

“Korean American children’s literature,” as this is a category that has been written by both non-Koreans and Korean Americans as well as by Koreans and...

Korean philosophy focuses on a totality of world view. Some aspects of Shamanism, Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism were integrated into Korean philosophy...

South Korea with the aim of promoting Korean literature and culture overseas. LTI Korea regularly sponsors translation and publication of Korean works...

Han Kang (Korean: 한강; born 27 November 1970) is a South Korean writer. From 2007 to 2018, she taught creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts...

The Korea Times (Korean: 코리아타임스) is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the Hankook Ilbo, a major Korean-language...

essential element of Korean identity by some, and a modern post-colonial identity by others. The historicity of han in premodern Korea is disputed. A national...

Korean poetry is poetry performed or written in the Korean language or by Korean people. Traditional Korean poetry is often sung in performance. Until...

Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hanguk-eo; North Korean: 조선어, Chosŏnŏ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the...

Sino-Korean vocabulary or Hanja-eo (Korean: 한자어; Hanja: 漢字語) refers to Korean words of Chinese origin. Sino-Korean vocabulary includes words borrowed...

2008, the College Board announced that four AP courses—French Literature, Latin Literature, Computer Science AB, and Italian Language and Culture—would...

broader literature movements. East Asian literature includes: Chinese literature Japanese literature Korean literature Mongolian literature Taiwanese...

to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. Hanja-eo (한자어, 漢字語) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary...

Han Seung-won (Korean: 한승원; born 1939) is a South Korean writer. He primarily writes about people who struggle against their fate in Jangheung, a county...

The Vegetarian (Korean: 채식주의자; Hanja: 菜食主義者; RR: Chaesikjuuija) is a South Korean three-part novel written by Han Kang and first published in 2007. Based...

contemporary culture of North Korea is based on traditional Korean culture, but has developed since the division of Korea in 1945. Juche, officially the...

1443 – King Sejong the Great establishes Hangul as the native alphabet of Korean. It is first described in the Hunminjeongeum published on 9 October 1446...

poetry 13th century in literature 15th century in literature List of works of fiction set in the 14th century List of years in literature John Flood (8 September...

Kim Sa-ryang (Korean: 김사량; Hanja: 金史良; 3 March 1914 – 1950) was a Korean writer. He wrote in a variety of genres including novels, plays, reports, and...

consolidated its effective rule over the Korean peninsula and saw the height of classical Korean culture, trade, literature, and science and technology. In the...

the most significant modern Korean poets. Kim grew up in extreme poverty. He graduated with a degree in Korean Literature from Sorabol University of Arts...