Choi In-hun

Choi In-hun
Hangeul	최인훈
Hanja	崔仁勳
Revised Romanization	Choe In-hun
McCune- Reischauer	Ch'oe Inhun
See also : Korean name

Choi In-hun (born April 13, 1936 in Hoeryŏng , North Hamgyŏng Province, † July 23, 2018 in Goyang ) was a South Korean writer .

Life

Choi In-hun was born in 1936 when Korea was under Japanese rule . With the outbreak of the Korean War , his family fled to the south. From 1952 he studied law at Seoul National University , but dropped out and took six years of service in the military.

During this time he made his debut as a writer with the story of Club GRAY and Raul's story , which were published in 1959 in the magazine "Freie Literatur" (Chayu munhak). In 1960 the novel Der Platz was published , which immediately became a great success. This is followed by his four great novels The Gray Man (1963–1964), Journey to the West (1966), A Day in the Life of the Writer Kubo (1966–1972), Taifun (1973).

In addition to novels and short stories, Choi has also written plays, reviews of current developments in Korean literature and culture, and essays. From 1977 to 2001 he taught creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts before retiring.

Work (excerpt)

Korean

stories

• 총독 의 소리 The Voice of the Governor General Seoul: Hongik Verlag 1967
• 소설가 구보 씨 의 일일 A day in the life of the writer Kubo Seoul: Samsŏng ch'ulp'ansa 1972
• 최인훈 전집 Choi In-Hun. Collected Works Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1976
• 왕자 와 탈 The Prince and the Mask Seoul: Munjang 1980
• 느릅 나무 가 있는 풍경 Landscape with elms Seoul: Minŭmsa 1981
• 광장 / 회색 인 / 웃음 소리 The square / The gray person / Laughter Seoul: Tongsŏ munhwa 1987
• 광장 / 태풍 The Square / Typhoon Seoul: The Joong-ang Newspaper 1988
• 웃음 소리 Laughter Seoul: Ch'aeck sesang 1987
• 달 과 소년병 The moon and the child soldier Seoul: Segye 1989
• 남들 의 지붕 밑에서 Under strange roofs Seoul: Ch'ŏnga ch'ulp'ansa 1992

Novels

• 광장 Seoul Square : Chŏnghyang 1961
• 서유기 Journey to West Seoul: Ŭryu munhwa 1971
• 하늘 의 다리 The Bridge in Heaven Seoul: Koryŏwon 1980
• 화두 The Seoul Concern: Minŭmsa 1994

Plays

• 한스 와 그레텔 Hans and Gretel Seoul: Munhak yesul 1981
• 옛날 옛적 에 훠 어이 훠이 Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1979

Essay collections

• 문학 과 이데올로기 Literature and Ideology Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1983
• 역사 와 상상력 History and Presentation of Seoul: Minŭmsa 1977
• 문학 을 찾아서 In Search of Literature Seoul: Hyŏnamsa 1970

Translations

German

• The place Ostfriesland: Peperkorn 2002 ISBN 978-3929181432
• Laughter in: Helga Picht , Heidi Kang (eds.), At the end of time Bielefeld: Pendragon 1999 ISBN 3-929096-84-6

English

• The Daily Life of Ku-poh the Novelist New York: Fremont Publications Ltd. 1985
• The Square Spindlewood 1985
• A Gray Man Seoul: Si-Sa-Young-o-Sa 1988
• Reflections on a Mask Dumont: Homa & Sekey Books 2002
• House of Idols Seoul: Jimoondang Publishing Company 2003
• The Voice of the Governor General and other stories of modern Korea Norwalk: East Bridge 2002

French

• La Place Arles: Actes Sud 1994
• Quand le printemps arrive à la montagne et aux champs Paris: Le milieu du jour 1992
• Théâtre Paris: CRIC / Librairie-Galerie Racine 2000
• Réflexions sur les masques Paris: Librairie galerie Racine 2002

Awards

• 2011 - Park Kyung ni Literature Prize
• 1994 - Yisan Literature Prize
• 1994 - Hankook Ilbo Drama Prize
• 1994 - Order of Cultural Merit, Presidential Prize
• 1977 - Korean Artist Prize for Acting and Film, Drama Prize
• 1966 - Tong-in Literature Prize

Individual evidence

1. ^ Novelist Choi In-hun who delved into ideological rift of post-war Koreas dies of cancer. In: yonhapnews.co.kr. July 23, 2018, accessed on July 23, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Review of “Der Platz” at Perlentaucher, accessed on August 9, 2013.
3. ^ The Dong-a Ilbo : Choi In-hoon: "The flame in my mind has never died down for the past 48 years." ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 6, 2013. 
4. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Choi In-hun ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2014 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 August 6, 2013 (Korean). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Choi is the family name here, In-hun is the first name.