Ahn Jung-hyo
| Ahn Jung-hyo | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 안정효 |
| Hanja | 安定孝 |
|
Revised Romanization |
To Jeong-hyo |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
To Chŏnghyo |
Ahn Jung-hyo or Ahn Jeong-hyo (born December 2, 1941 in Seoul ) is a South Korean writer and translator.
Life
Ahn was born in Seoul in 1941 and experienced the Korean War as a child . He studied English literature at Sogang University . After graduating, he was a war correspondent in Vietnam. He then worked for various newspapers (e.g. Korea Times , Korea Herald ) and as a translator. He also translated the novel "Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez in 1975 into Korean, as well as numerous English-speaking authors such as John Irving .
In 1983 Ahn's debut novel War and City was published , which was published as a series in the magazine Realistische Literatur (Silch'ŏn munhak). The theme of the novel - South Korea's participation in the Vietnam War - was considered risky during the Chun Doo-hwans regime .
In a modified version, the work was republished under White War 1989, the English-language translation of which Ahn made himself and which appeared in the USA under the title White Badge . A year later, the novel The Silver Stallion (Korean: original title 은마 는 오지 않는다 ) was published, which deals with the Korean War, especially the presence of the US occupation forces in a Korean village.
He was recognized for his work both as a translator and as a writer. In 1982 he received the Korean Translation Prize and in 1992 the Kim Yu-jŏng Literature Prize. Three of his works have so far been filmed.
Work (excerpt)
Korean
- 하얀 전쟁 ( White War ) (1989)
- 은마 는 오지 않는다 (original: The silver stallion does not come , German title: The silver stallion ) (1990)
- 헐리우드 키드 의 생애 ( Life and Die of the Hollywood Kid ) (1992)
- 실종 ( Missing ) (1997)
Translations
German
- The silver stallion Pendragon 2001, ISBN 978-3934872103
English
- Silver Stallion A novel of Korea Soho Press 2003, ISBN 978-1569470039
- White Badge Soho Press 2003, ISBN 978-1569470046
Film adaptations
- Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid
- White badge
- The Silver Stallion will never come
Awards
- 1992: Kim Yu j -ng Literature Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nate: 인물 검색 안 졍효 ( Memento from August 13, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ).
- ↑ Los Angeles Times : 'White Badge' of Courage: Writing About Combat in Vietnam, Ahn Junghyo Finds Insights Into Changes in His Native S. Korea, June 29, 1989, accessed August 13, 2013.
- ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Ahn Jung-hyo ( Memento from November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 13, 2013 (English).
- ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Ahn Jung-hyo ( Memento from November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 13, 2013 (Korean).
- ^ Sundance Institute Archives: 1995 Sundance Festival accessed August 13, 2013.
- ↑ Naver 통합 검색 : 하얀 전쟁 (White Badge, 1992) accessed August 13, 2013.
- ↑ The Silver Stallion Will Never Come in the Korean Movie Database , accessed August 13, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ahn, young hyo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 안정효 (Korean, Hangeul); 安定孝 (Korean, Hanja); An, Jeong-hyo (Revised Romanization); An, Chŏnghyo (McCune-Reischauer); Ahn, Jeong-hyo (alternative transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul |