Literature

2026 Gala

2026 Annual Gala

2026 Van Fleet Award Honoree
JENSEN HUANG
Founder & CEO
NVIDIA

This year, the Korea Society is honored to announce the 2026 Van Fleet Award recipient is Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in recognition

Heinz Insu Fenkl – Skull Water

SKULL WATER is the story of Insu, the son of a Korean mother and a GI father in the U.S. Army, and the intertwined tale

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A Very Asian Guide to Korean Food

  Introduce children to Asian cuisine and the #VERYASIAN movement! Written by Michelle Li, A Very Asian Guide to Korean Food introduces young readers to

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Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema with Karen Han

Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema by culture writer and screenwriter Karen Han is the first definitive critical and visual survey of the Academy Award–winning South

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Author Talks: Bora Chung

 Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the winner of a PEN/Heim Grant, Cursed Bunny  is the wildly original debut story collection from Bora Chung “Whether borrowing

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New Narratives in Korea: Baek Sehee

  Part memoir, part self-help book, and completely engrossing, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee is a book

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A Conversation with Su Cho

  How do our stories transform as they are passed down to each generation? Prize-winning poet Su Cho explores the legacies of language and lore

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Author Talks: Lee Geum-yi

  “Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories. I loved Willow from

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JOHN CHO

Author Photo: Benjo Arwas As one of the first Korean American actors to blaze a unique path through cultural and business barriers into the mainstream,

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KA YA! Korean-American YA Novels & Authors

 Illustration by Subin Yoo Meet the new generation of Korean American young adult novelists. Drawing inspiration from the Korean pop culture they grew up consuming

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Author Talks: Gu Byeong-mo

  A New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick • A Most Anticipated Read in LitHub, CrimeReads, Thrillist, and Popsugar The kinetic story of a sixty-five-year-old

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