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Lee Seong-bok and Anton Hur in conversation with Sneha Khaund.

That Summer's End gathers 106 poems of self-reflection and exquisite beauty, blending Seon Buddhism with French Symbolism in the work of one of South Korea's most celebrated and influential poets. This English-language edition is translated by Anton Hur, one of the most acclaimed literary translators working today.

Born in Sangju, South Korea in 1952, LEE SEONG-BOK is the author of eight poetry collections, as well as works of literary criticism and essays on photography. In 2023, Sublunary Editions published Indeterminate Inflorescence, a volume of 470 aphorisms collected by his students at Keimyung University, in Daegu, where he has taught creative writing and French literature for more than four decades.

ANTON HUR is the translator of Lee Seong-bok’s Indeterminate Inflorescence. His debut novel, Toward Eternity, was published by HarperVia in 2024. In 2022 he was double-longlisted and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and in 2023 his translation of Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny was a finalist for a National Book Award. He lives in Seoul, South Korea.

Supported by Asian American Studies, Comparative Literature, Languages and Cultures, Language Justice Lab, English DSJ, Creative Writing, Poetic Justice Institute

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