Bruce and Ju-chan Fulton appear in an announcement of the winners of the Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards in The Korea Times, Nov. 1, 1985. Korea Times Archive

The cover of "The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories"

Bruce Fulton, editor of "The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories," will give a book talk at the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea next Tuesday.

Fulton is a well-known literature translator, along with his wife Ju-chan. Together they won the Top Prize for short fiction in The Korea Times' Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards, in 1985, 1987 and 1989. He has published numerous works of Korean fiction and won countless accolades, including the Manhae Grand Prize in Literature in 2018.

"The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories," released last year, is Penguin UK's first volume of modern Korean literature. It presents 25 authors active across a century, ranging from early masters such as Yi Hyos?k and Kim Yuj?ng to contemporary writers of the 21st century, including Kim Aeran and Han Yujoo. Also included is "Hwang Chini" by North Korean writer Hong S?kchung, the first North Korean literary work to earn a major South Korean award, the 2004 Manhae Grand Prize in Literature.

Literary Review magazine calls it "an ever-surprising and stylistically diverse anthology that will surely stand as the touchstone collection of Korean literature for decades to come."

The lecture starts at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the fifth-floor lounge of the FastFive building in Da-dong near Seoul City Hall. Entry costs 10,000 won or 5,000 won for students and is free for RAS Korea members. Visit raskb.com for more information.

In an online invitation, Fulton hinted that one of the anthology's authors may attend to present a short bilingual reading.