1,527 Overseas Publications Supported by LTI Korea

2021 

offset lithograph, sewn in sections and cased

150 x 210 mm, 1,592 pp

The Literature Translation Institute of Korea supports translation and publication of Korean literature, cultivates professional translators, and fosters international exchanges and cooperation. This book commemorates its 25th anniversary. As the title indicates, the book catalogs 1,527 books published outside Korea with the support of LTI Korea. The catalog is accompanied by an essay about the translation of Korean literature and our own analysis of the book covers.

1,527 was made as an extension of the catalogs that the LTI Korea regularly published, but also designed to work as a modest monument for the efforts to translate Korean literature. Unlike the past catalogs, each title is given an entire page, resulting in a 1,595-page tome. The endpapers provide overviews of the publications by year and by language. The intro and outro pages carry specially commissioned photographs of major books by Kim Kyoungtae. The thick, colored page borders indicate the year of publication while creating a strata-like image on the book’s edges.

• Project type:
• publication

• Written by:
• Jang Eunsu
• Sulki and Min

• Photography by:
• Kim Kyoungtae

• Typeset in:
• Minion
• Noto Sans / Source Han Sans
• Sandoll Myeongjo Neo
• The Future Mono

• Printed on:
• M-matte

• Printed by:
• Munsung

• Commissioned by:
• Literature Translation Institute of Korea

• Design assistant:
• Kim Yu Jin

• Exhibited as part of:
• Group Theory (DDP, Seoul, 2021–22)