{
  "id": 2314941,
  "title": "Korean poetry takes center stage at Edinburgh book festival",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/korean-poetry-takes-center-stage-at-edinburgh-book-festival",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T06:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/books/20260821/korean-poetry-takes-center-stage-at-edinburgh-book-festival"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Edinburgh this week, a Korean poet and his English translator engaged with readers to delve into the nuances and discoveries that arise when poetry transcends language barriers. At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, poet Lee Seong-bok and translator Anton Hur presented Lee's poetry collection \"That Summer’s End.\" This marked the second consecutive year of collaboration between the festival and the Korean Cultural Centre UK, with the discussion chaired by poet and writer Andrew McMillan.\n\nThe conversation explored themes of love, loss, pain, and beauty present in Lee's work, as well as the challenges faced when translating the compressed language into English. Hur emphasized the importance of preserving the rhythm, ambiguity, imagery, and emotional resonance of the original Korean poems while allowing them to resonate with English-language readers. Lee, recognized as one of Korea's most influential poets, has published eight poetry collections and other works. Hur has also translated other Korean works, such as Bora Chung's \"Cursed Bunny\" and Sang Young Park's \"Love in th.\"",
  "summary": "A Korean poet and his English translator met with readers in Edinburgh this week to explore what can be lost and be newly found when a poem crosses a language barrier. Poet Lee Seong-bok and translator Anton Hur discussed the former's poetry collection “That Summer’s End” at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Thursday, part of a second consecutive year of partnership between the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "The collaboration between the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Korean Cultural Centre UK brings Korean poetry to a wider audience, highlighting the challenges and rewards of translating nuanced and emotionally resonant works.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korean poetry takes center stage at Edinburgh book festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/korean-poetry-takes-center-stage-at-edinburgh-book-festival-2316626",
        "published": "2026-08-21T06:17:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}