K-Queer: Intimacies of the Invisible
Join South Korean queer writer Kim Bong-gon for a talk and Q&A exploring themes of intimacy, invisibility and queer life through contemporary Korean literature.
Kim Bong-gon emerged at a moment when previously marginalised voices were reshaping South Korean literature. In 2016, the same year Han Kang’s The Vegetarian and Cho Nam-joo’s Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 ignited global conversations about gender and power, Kim Bong-gon became South Korea’s first openly gay novelist, introducing semi-autobiographical fiction that centred around the everyday life, desire, and interiority of a gay man.
His debut Auto won the Dong-A Ilbo New Writer’s Prize in 2016 and led to nominations for the Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award and the Munhakdongne Young Writer’s Award.
Free- booking required by emailing your full name, phone number, email address and number of seats required to k.queer.org@gmail.com
