How WB Yeats resonated with Korea and established a bond spanning the world

In a shallow dell in front of the giant War Memorial of Korea in Seoul stands a squat hexagon of black marble with a map of Ireland carved into the top. This is the Irish Memorial, commemorating all those of Irish birth and heritage who died in the 1950-1953 Korean War when South Korea and the United Nations, led by the United States, fought North Korea and China.

WB Yeats was first translated into Korean in 1918 by Kim Eok, one of a group of poets and intellectuals in the early 20th century who were interested in the Irish Literary Revival.Some People Need Killing and A Death in Malta: journalists shine a light on human rights abuses Prof Seokmoo Choi said Joyce is second only to Shakespeare in popularity and the subject of almost 60 Korean PhDs.

Seokmoo includes several Irish writers in his fiction course at Korea University and many are popular, although students reacted awkwardly when he introduced Sally Rooney’s Normal People in their first semester.

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