1. Prof. Dr.David R. Carter, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Basic C.V. Summary
David Carter was born in London in 1945 and is of British nationality. He
graduated from the University of Wales with a B.A. in German Studies (together with
French and Russian) and has also an M.A. in Linguistics and English Language
Teaching. His Ph.D. was on Sigmund Freud's theories of creativity and aesthetics. He has
been a lecturer at St. Andrews University in Scotland and at the University of
Southampton, England, and has also taught at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Since
1991 he has taught English at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. He became
Professor of Communicative English at Yonsei University, retiring in 2009 to devote
himself to writing and translating.
He has published widely on German Literature, Psychoanalysis, Film History,
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and has also translated works from several
languages into English. Apart from his academic research he also works as a freelance
writer and translator, and has published many articles on various aspects of Korean
culture and society for The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, The Daily Telegraph (UK),
and the Guardian Weekly (UK). He has also been editor for new German and Russian
books for The Times Literary Supplement, Times Newspapers Ltd, London.
He has published numerous books: an introduction to and biography of the Belgian
writer Georges Simenon, and a first translation of one of his lesser known works;
translations also of works by Klaus Mann and Honoré de Balzac, and a translation
together with Kim Chan Young of a volume of short stories by the Korean writer Cho
Sun Jak (Asian Humanities Press, USA, 2003). He has also published studies of 'East
Asian Cinema', 'The Western', an introduction to 'Literary Theory', and a book on Korean
cuisine and culture, books on drama production and acting, and a biography of Balzac.
Also published recently were books on the Marquis de Sade, Sigmund Freud and others.
In recent years he has also published articles for the long-standing periodical
Contemporary Review (Oxford) on such topics as the Korean War, North Korea,
nationalism in the Far East, community art in Germany, etc. Published in Dec, 2013, was
a volume of translated essays by J. J. Winckelmann, Art, Architecture and Archaeology,
with Introduction and Notes, Camden House, New York (for full details of the books and
articles please see separate document below).
Books Recently Published
Note: the books are listed chronologically within each section by date of publication.
There are sections on handbooks on literature, literary biography, literary theory and
criticism, other biographies, national cuisines, cinema, and drama. There follows a
section on ‘Translations’ from German, French and Korean.
Handbooks on Literature

2. 2003, February: Georges Simenon, published by Pocket Essentials, UK.
An introduction to the life and work of the famous Belgian writer, with
publication details and analyses of all his works available in English,
and information on film versions of many of them. It also includes
detailed information on editions of his works, major biographies,
bibliographies, archives and research institutes etc. Published to
coincide with the centenary of the author's birth.
See publisher's website; www.pocketessentials.com under 'Literature'.
Literary Biography
2008, September Honoré de Balzac, a biography, in the series 'Brief Lives'.
www.hesperuspress.com
2009, August Marquis de Sade, a biography, in the series ‘Brief Lives’.
www.hesperuspress.com
Literary Theory and Criticism
2006, June Literary Theory, published by Pocket Essentials, UK.
An introduction to the various schools of literary theory, explaining
major concepts and then ideas of major theorists, such as Derrida,
Derrida, Jakobson, Barthes, Foucault, Lacan, Kristeva etc.
www.pocketessentials.com
2012, November How to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature, A Handbook for the
Would-be Laureate, www.hesperuspress.com
Other Biographies
2011, May Brief Lives:Sigmund Freud, a biography in the series ‘Brief Lives,’
www.hesperuspress.com
National Cuisines
2004, February: Food For Thought, Reflections on Korean Cuisine and Culture,
published by the Agricultural and Fishery Marketing Corporation,
Seoul, Korea. A collection of 17 essays, based on articles originally
published in Agrafood, a monthly magazine published by the AFMC.
The book provides reflections on the history, culture and
characteristics of Korean cuisine, including anecdotes and related
idioms. Each chapter has full colour illustrations. For further
information: www.afmc.co.kr and www.agrafood.co.kr .

3. Cinema
2007, May East Asian Cinema, published by Pocket Essentials, UK., in their
'Kamera Books' series. An introduction to the films of China, Japan
and North and South Korea, with checklists of the major directors
and their films, together with historical surveys and critical
analyses of major films. See www.pocketessentials.com .
2007, December The Western, published by Pocket Essentials, UK, in their 'Kamera
Books' series. An introduction to and analysis of the film genre
known as 'the western', with an historical survey and analyses of
the major films together with their directors.
See www.pocketessentials.com and/or www.kamera.co.uk/kamerabooks
Drama
2009, January Plays…and How to Produce Them. A handbook of advice for
amateur and profession productions of plays.
www.kamera.co.uk/creativeessentials
2009, November The Art of Acting…and How to Master It. A handbook on the theory
and practice of acting for amateur actors and those wishing to enter
profession. www.kamera.co.uk/creativeessentials
Translations
From German
Novels
2008, February Alexander, A Novel of Utopia, a translation from German into
English, with the original foreword by Jean Cocteau, and an
Introduction and notes. Published by Hesperus, UK
www.hesperuspress.com
Psychoanalysis
2011, May On Cocaine, translations of Sigmund Freud’s essays on cocaine, and
of related letters and excerpts from related major works, with an
Introduction and notes. Published by Hesperus, UK.

4. www.hesperuspress.com
Art, Architecture and Archaeology
2013, Dec Johann Joachim Winckelmann, on Art Architecture and Archaeology,
A volume of newly translated essays with an Introduction and notes,
Published by Camden House, New York.
From French and German
Fairy Tales
2012, April Long Ago and Far Away, Eight Traditional Fairy Tales, co-translator
responsible for 4 tales: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Little Red Riding
Hood’ (from French), and ‘The Little Mermaid’(‘Undine’) and
‘Hänsel and Gretel’ (from German). www.hesperuspress.com
From French
Literature
2006, November Three Crimes, a translation from French into English, with an
Introduction, of the autobiographical work Les trois crimes de mes
amis by the Belgian author Georges Simenon. Published by
Hesperus, UK. www.hesperuspress.com
2007, May Sarrasine, and A Passion in the Desert, a translation from French
into English, with an Introduction, of the stories by Honoré de Balzac.
Published by Hesperus, UK. www.hesperuspress.com
2009, August Ernestine and Oxtiern, translations from French into English of the
works by the Marquis de Sade. Under the combined title Virtue.
www.hesperuspress.com
From Korean
Literature
2003, October: The Preview and Other Stories, by Cho Sun Jak, translated by
Kim Chan Young and David R. Carter, published by Asian Humanities
Press, an imprint of Jain Publishing Company, Fremont, California.
Translations of 10 short stories by the famous modern Korean writer,
with an informative introduction and detailed notes clarifying
linguistic points and the social and cultural contexts of the stories.
Winner of an award by the Korea Literature Translation Institute.
See publisher's website: www.jainpub.com
(CV&Publ/05/2015)