Choi In-seok

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Choi In-seok
Hangeul 최인석
Hanja 崔仁碩
Revised
Romanization 		Choe In-seok
McCune-
Reischauer 		Ch'oe Insŏk

Choi In-seok or Choi In-suk (born September 17, 1953 in Namwon , North Chŏlla Province ) is a South Korean writer and playwright .

Life

Choi In-seok began his career as a novelist after having worked successfully as a theater and screenwriter for a long time. From 1985, under the dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan , he was unable to stage any of his plays, after which he began to write prose. In 1986 he made his debut as a novelist with the novel The Spectators . He has received numerous prizes, including the "Taesan Literature Prize".

Choi's works, in which melancholy or grotesque protagonists often appear, reveal social injustices. Due to his experience in drama, Choi knows how to make use of closed spaces, hallucinations and rigid characterization. His works are therefore also referred to as examples of 'magical realism' and 'the fair of the rejected'. His characters dream of utopia while enduring their inner agony in isolation.

Work

Korean

stories

Volumes of stories

  • 인형 만들기 Dolls make Seoul: Hangilsa 1991
  • 내 영혼 의 우물 The Well of My Soul Seoul: Koryowon 1995
  • 혼돈 을 향하여 한 걸음 One Step Towards Chaos Seoul: Ch'angbi 1997
  • 나를 사랑한 폐인 A human wreck that loved me Seoul: Munhakdongne 1998
  • 구렁이 들의 집 The House of Giant Snakes Seoul: Ch'angbi 2001

Novels

  • 구경꾼 The viewer Seoul: Sosŏl munhak 1986
  • 새떼 Flock of birds Seoul: Hyonam 1988
  • 내 마음 에는 악어 가 산다 In my heart lives a crocodile Seoul: Sallim 1990
  • 안에서 바깥 에서 Inside and Outside Seoul: P'urŭn namu 1991
  • 아름다운 나의 귀신 ( 鬼神 ) My beautiful spirits Seoul: Ch'angbi 1999
  • 서커스 서커스 Circus, Seoul Circus : Ch'aek sesang 2002
  • 이상한 나라 에서 온 스파이 Spy from Wonderland Seoul: Ch'angbi 2003

Translations

German

Awards

  • 1980: Korean Literature Prize for Young Authors
  • 1983: Paeksang Art Prize for New Authors
  • 1985: Yŏnghŭi Theater Prize
  • 1985: Literature Prize of the Republic of Korea for new authors
  • 1995: Taesan Literature Prize
  • 1997: Park Yŏng-jun Literature Prize
  • 2003: Han Musuk Literature Prize

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Choi In-seok ( Memento of the original from May 2, 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 on August 5, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eng.klti.or.kr
  2. ↑ Naver 인물 검색: 인물 검색: 죄인 석 , accessed August 5, 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-seok is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Choi, In-seok
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 최 안석 (Korean, Hangeul); 崔仁碩 (Korean, Hanja); Choe, In-seok (Revised Romanization); Ch'oe, Insŏk (McCune-Reischauer); Choi, In-suk (alternative transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean author
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Namwon