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The first volume of Minumsa World Culture, published in 1998, has surpassed 400 volumes after 25 years of publication.



Reporter Lee Ju-hyeong tells the history and story of this complete collection that has become a classic of Koreans with many people's bookshelves.



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The final scene of the popular drama "That Year We".



Yeonsu steals the book from Woongi.



Although it is not an actual published book, the cover design unique to the Minumsa World Literature Collection.



As the 25,000 posts that appear when you search for the world literature collection on Instagram show, the Minumsa series has established itself as a collection of Korean world literature.



Minumsa's world literature collection has surpassed 400 volumes after 25 years of publication.



This is the first time in Korea that the world literature series has exceeded 400 books.



Cumulative sales of 20 million copies and 20 million sellers are equivalent.



A modern book design that deviated from the world literature collection for display purposes, and created by writers from 35 countries and 165 translators, this collection has contributed to raising the culture of Koreans.



[Kang Joo-eun/Reader: Uh, I want to read this book, but what kind of book do you have?

What publisher is it from?

If you look it up and see if it is in the Minumsa World Literature Collection, then you have to believe it.]



He has a good eye for selecting works, so from 2006 to 2008, the author of the Minumsa collection won the Nobel Prize in Literature for three years in a row.



[Won Mi-sun/Editor of Minumsa: Even now, we are constantly planning (translation) and taking requests (until publication) for at least two years?

In some cases, it takes more than 10 years.]



The best-selling book of the entire collection was JD Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", which sold 570,000 copies, followed by "Damian" and "Animal Farm".



The late Chairman Park Maeng-ho of Minumsa, who was the organizer of the collection, expressed his affection for this collection in this way during his lifetime.



[Interview with Minumsa late Chairman Park Maeng-ho (2012): If I can do it, I wish I could do 1,000 books.]



(Video coverage: Kim Seung-tae, Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)