November 18, 2022

Korean Novels : A Matching Exercise

KOREAN NOVELS AND AUTHORS

King Sejong

Below are 12 book titles, all of which were written by South Korean authors. The same novels' titles are also listed in Korean below this section, and further down is a section with the authors' names in Hangul. Your task is to match the titles in English with the Korean titles and find the names of their authors too. Although the task shouldn't be too difficult, I'll leave you with the solution at the end of this post, just in case. But first, try figuring it out on your own to see if you can.


TITLES AND AUTHORS IN ENGLISH

At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong

b, Book and Me by Kim Sagwa

Human Acts by Han Kang

Land by Park Kyŏng-ni

Meeting with my Brother by Yi Mun-Yol

One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun

The Cabinet by Un Su Kim

The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun

The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee

The Love of Dunhuang by Hu-myŏng Yun

To the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-young


KOREAN TITLES

百의 그림자 

나b책

둔황의사랑

밤의 여행자들

벗 캐비닛

별을 스치는 바람

소년이 온다

아우와의만남

토지

해가 지는 곳으로

해질무렵


WRITERS' NAMES IN HANGUL

김사과

김언수

박경리

윤고은

윤후명

이문열

이정명

최진영

편혜영

한강

황석영

황정은


Solution below


百의 그림자 (황정은) One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun

나b책 (김사과) b, Book and Me by Kim Sagwa

둔황의사랑 (윤후명) The Love of Dunhuang by Hu-myŏng Yun

밤의 여행자들 (윤고은) The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

벗 캐비닛 (김언수) The Cabinet by Un Su Kim

별을 스치는 바람 (이정명) The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee

소년이 온다 (한강) Human Acts by Han Kang

아우와의만남 (이문열) Meeting with my Brother by Yi Mun-Yol

토지 (박경리) Land by Park Kyŏng-ni

해가 지는 곳으로 (최진영) To the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-young

해질무렵 (황석영) At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong

홀 (편혜영) The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun