Cho Haeil

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Cho Haeil
Hangeul 조 해일
Hanja 趙海 一
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Cho Haeil (born April 18, 1941 in the Republic of China - † June 19, 2020 ) was a South Korean writer .

Life

Cho Haeil was born as Cho Hae-ryong in China in 1941. In 1945 his family returned to Seoul. He studied Korean Language and Literature at Kyung Hee University , where he later also worked as a professor of Korean literature (as of 2014).

He made his debut in 1970 with the short story Daily Dying (매일 죽는 사람), which was selected in a literary competition of the JoongAng Ilbo .

The characters in Cho Haeil's stories come from all walks of life and the author tried to parody social injustice and irrationality by depicting ordinary aspects of life . In Im Kkŏkchŏng (임꺽정), for example, he used elements of the historical novel to depict contemporary society. Cho Haeil's popular works Winterfrau (겨울 여자) and Uyoil (우 요일 雨 曜 日), which were initially published as serial novels in newspapers, deal with the human psyche.

The story America , which was also translated into English, is about the experiences of a man who has just finished his military service and helps out as a bouncer in his uncle's brothel, in the red light district near a US military base. He is confronted with the chaos of racism, murder, etc. there and his own life is also in a chaotic state.

Work

Korean

  • 뿔 Horn (1972)
  • 아메리카 America (1974)
  • 왕십리 Wangsimni (1975)
  • 겨울 여자 Winter Woman (1976)
  • 지붕 위 의 남자 The Man on the Roof (1977)
  • 엑스 X (1982)
  • 갈수 없는 나라 Unreachable Land (1983)
  • 임꺽정 에 관한 일곱 개의 이야기 Seven Stories About Im Kkǒkchǒng (1986)

Translations into English

  • America (아메리카), Tongsŏ munhaksa (1990)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Naver 지식 백과: 조 해일 , accessed February 28, 2014 (Korean)
  2. ↑ Author Database of LTI Korea: Cho Haeil ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on February 28, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eng.klti.or.kr
  3. ↑ KTLIT: "Review, 'America' by Cho Hae-il" , accessed on February 28, 2014 (English)
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Cho is the family name here, Haeil is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Cho, Haeil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 조 해일 (Korean, Hangeul); 趙海 一 (Korean, Hanja); Cho, Hae-il (Revised Romanization); Cho, Hae-ryong (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH China
DATE OF DEATH 19th June 2020