Ch'ae Man-sik

Hangeul	채만식
Hanja	蔡 萬 植
Revised Romanization	Chae Man-sik
McCune- Reischauer	Ch'ae Man-sik
See also : Korean name

Ch'ae Man-sik or Ch'ae Man-shik (born June 17, 1902 in Okku County, today's Kunsan , Chŏllabuk-do ; † June 11, 1950 in Seoul ) was a South Korean writer , essayist and playwright .

Life

Ch'ae Man-sik was born when Korea was under Japanese influence . After graduating from Chungang High School, he studied English Literature at Waseda University in Japan . He later worked as a journalist for daily newspapers such as Dong-a Ilbo and Chosun Ilbo .

In 1924 he debuted with the publication of his short story fork (Kor .: Segillo). His work critically dealt with the lack of prospects for Korean intellectuals in a society under Japanese repression, such as in the story Ready-Made Life (kor .: Redimeidŭ insaeng), which appeared in 1934 in the magazine "Sindonga". A great characteristic of his often satirical style is the use of irony and sarcasm, which was given a lot of attention, especially in My Innocent Uncle .

In 1938, Ch'ae was arrested and released on condition that he join the "Patriotic Literature Society", a pro-Japanese association, and write pro-Japanese propaganda. After the liberation of Korea, he dealt with this in a self-critical literary way, e. B. in sinners of the nation (Kor .: Minjok-ŭi choein). In 1936, after moving to Kaesong , he devoted himself entirely to literary writing.

In 1950 he succumbed to tuberculosis .

Work (excerpts)

Korean

• 레디 메이드 인생 Ready-Made Life (1934)
• 보리 방아 Barley mill (1936)
• 탁류 The Muddy Stream (1937)
• 치숙 Ch'isuk (1937)
• 이런 남매 Such Siblings (1937)
• 패배자 의 무덤 The Loser's Grave (1939)
• 해후 Encounter (1941)
• 돼지 Pig (1948)
• 가죽 버선 Leather socks (1973)

Translations

English

• Peace under Heaven ME Sharpe (1992) ISBN 978-1563241123
• A Ready-made Life University of Hawaii Press (1998) ISBN 978-0824820718
• Land of Exile ME Sharpe (2007) ISBN 978-0765618108
• My innocent Uncle Jimoondang (2003) ISBN 978-8988095652
• Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation Homa & Sekey Books (2004) ISBN 978-1931907170

French

• Sous le ciel, la paix Actes Sud (2004) ISBN 978-2742745838

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kelly Y. Jeong: Crisis of Gender and the nation in Korean literature and cinema: modernity arrives again. Lexington Books, 2001, pp. 33-34.
2. ^ Korean Literature in Translation: Review: My Innocent Uncle by Ch'ae Man-shik 5/08/11 , accessed August 22, 2013.
3. ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Chae Mansik  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 22, 2013.  
4. ↑ Kelly Y. Jeong: Crisis of Gender and the nation in Korean literature and cinema: modernity arrives again. Lexington Books, 2001, pp. 45 ff.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Ch'ae is the family name here, Man-sik is the first name.