S3E01: Hwasue S. Warberg "Creativity in translation does not always mean doing more but it can mean doing less - trusting repetitions, silence, rhythm.”

Nastja Shaboltas from the INCREC project interview Hwasue S. Warber. She is the first professional translator to bring Norwegian literature directly into Korean, without the detour via intermediary languages. Since 2001, she has translated around 130 works, mainly from Norwegian, but also from Swedish and Danish. Her translations span contemporary fiction, children’s literature, classics, and nonfiction, and she is widely recognized as a driving force in shaping the reception and success of Norwegian literature in South Korea. Her translation of Jon Fosse’s Melancholia I–II was a finalist for the 64th Korean Herald Publishing Culture Award (2023). In 2019, she was honored by the President of South Korea as a “Cultural Ambassador”. She studied English literature inKorea and music in Austria, now she lives in Norway.