• Call for submissions for sijo poetry contest

    Virtual Event

    The Sejong Cultural Society has announced a call for submissions to its annual Korean traditional poetry (sijo) contest. The contest is open to all poets, regardless of age or nationality, and the submission deadline is September 30.  Contestants compete for cash prizes. A sijo is a traditional three-line Korean poetic form with a specific structure and syllabic […]

  • Free virtual book club explores Korean fiction in translation

    The Sejong Book Club is a Zoom-based free series designed for the average adult reader to learn more about Korean literature in translation. The upcoming meeting will be a discussion of Han Kang's novel The Vegetarian,  to be held Thursday, September 24,  7 p.m. (Central). Originally published in 2007, The Vegetarian was translated by British […]

    Free