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Special Event- A Reading by Korean Authors
Cho Kyông-nan, Author
P'yôn Hye-yông, Author
Bruce Fulton, Translator, University of British Columbia
Cindy Chen, Translator, University of British Columbia
Contact Person: Dima Mironenko
Sponsored by: International Communication Foundation
Authors Cho Kyŏng-nan and P’yŏn Hye-yŏng and translators Bruce Fulton and Cindy Chen will appear at five universities in North America in October 2009 for a series of bilingual readings and discussions. The tour begins at the University of British Columbia on October 21 and will include literary events at Dartmouth University, October 27; Harvard University, October 29; and two other universities. During these visits the North American reading public will be able to meet two of contemporary Korea’s most promising fiction writers, hear samples of their works in Korean and English, and purchase copies of the authors’ works.