Prizing Korean Literature: A Public Lecture
When: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: BLOC Cinema , Mile End
Speaker: Anton Hur
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Join Wasafiri and Anton Hur to explore the future of Korean literature on a global stage and discuss literary prize cultures and translation
Following his essay for the Wasafiri website, ‘We Have Arrived: Anton Hur on Han Kang’s Nobel Win’ – where he brought his trademark wit to reflect on the 'earthquake' moment of Han Kang winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature and comment on literary prizes – Anton Hur will deliver a public lecture at Queen Mary University of London, the institutional home of Wasafiri magazine.
The writer and translator will contemplate the meaning behind Han Kang’s monumental Nobel Prize win – exploring what it means for the future of Korean literature on the world stage – alongside a wider discussion on literary prize cultures, translation practices, and the Anglophone publishing and literary landscape.
This public event is supported by LTI Korea.
When: Wednesday, 29 October, 2025, 7-8.30pm, doors open 6.45pm
Where: BLOC Theatre, ArtsOne, Mile End Campus, Queen Mary University of London
Tickets: £10. Concession and subsidised tickets are available
Anton Hur has been a judge for the International Booker Prize, the Dublin Literary Award, the National Translation Award for Prose, and is on the jury for the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.