Life and poetry with Choi Jieun
Description
To read Choi Jieun’s work is to read a part of her soul, and perhaps find your own within it. She weaves herself into her writing, not to make herself the centre of it, but as an almost inadvertent consequence of seeking honesty and sincerity through writing. In her first ever event outside Korea, she talks about her decade-long career turning life into poetry and poetry into life, the transition from writing poems to essays, and the strong desire for human connection that led her to fly across an ocean despite her aerophobia. The event is also an exclusive opportunity to encounter Choi’s work in English, as translations by students of the 2026 Korean Literature Translation Workshop will be presented to the audience.
The discussion will be facilitated by Aditi Dubey from the ANU Korean Literature Translation Hub.
Light dinner provided half an hour before the event.
This event is organised by the Korean Literature Translation Hub, housed within the ANU Korea Institute. For other Hub events, see our calender.
Speakers
Choi Jieun
Choi Jieun is a beloved poet and writer from South Korea. She began her career by winning the 2017 Changbi Prize for New Figures in Literature. Her publications include the poetry collection Just As the Spring Night Ends, The Poem Is Too Short and the essay collection To Our Summer, to mention a few.
Aditi Dubey
Aditi Dubey co-leads the Korean Literature Translation Hub. She co-translated Kim Ryeoryeong’s 'The Trunk' (2024, HarperCollins) and teaches literary translation for the Hub's annual translation workshop. She is currently pursuing a PhD in linguistics at ANU, researching multilingualism and language contact.
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