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A brief history of traditional Korean literature orients the reader to the historical context of the writings, thus bringing into focus this rich literary tradition. The anthology of translations begins with the Samguk sagi, or History of the Three Kingdoms, written in 1145, and ends with "The Story...

How do writers make it new in their work? How do they find new readers, publishers, and in this new century, languages and audiences beyond the southern half of the Korean peninsula? Azalea has sought to embody and exemplify that quest, publishing the new work of today's Korean literary world, and seeking to make connections, to be a bridge to readers in the English language realms of North America and elsewhere.

The current issue presents new writers of fiction and poetry through the work of several different translators. An interview with Gong Jiyoung offers the writer's views on...

Editors Note:
What a range of literary and visual work lies before you, O most fortunate readers of Azalea Volume Seven: poetry, prose, images There is an extended conversational dialogue between the scholars and cultural theorists Kim Uchang and Karatani Kojin, as well as an excerpt from Korea's first ancient novel, if the 17th century Kuunmong, Nine Cloud Dream counts as ancient, having appeared several decades before Daniel Defoe's first Western novel, Robinson Crusoe. We also have contemporary fiction, poetry, and flash fiction; visual work, both apart from text as well as...

Azalea is about Korean literature and literary culture, and therefore about writing, publishing, translating, and reading. The writing has already happened, the translation too, but now for the reading We have looked at original works, wondering who might best translate a gem. Or we have discovered a strong translation and asked, 'Can we publish it?' And how might artwork of various kinds, or perhaps photographs of Korea contemporaneous with the literary works, be added to the mix? The occasional hortatory note, such as my own in this issue about the 1953 short story 'Cranes' by Hwang...

Special Feature: Inside North Korea, edited by Heinz Insu Fenkl
Includes excerpts from a graphic novel by Guy Delisle and a comic book by Cho Pyong-kwon & Rim Wal-yong
Photographs by Peter Sobolev
Poetry by O Yong-jae, Li Chong-dok, and Chon Pyong-gu
Fiction by Hyejin Kim, Hong Sok-chung, and Ch'oe Ryon
Other writing by John M. Frankl, David R. McCann, and Yu Hua

This issue also includes fiction by Shin Kyung Sook, Eun Hee Kyung, Jo Kyung Ran, Cheon Woon Young, Pyun Hye-Young; poetry by Chong Hyon-jong, Yi Seong-Bok, Jang Jung Il, Ra Hee-Duk.