Han Changhoon

Han Changhoon
Hangeul	한창훈
Revised Romanization	Han Chang-hun
McCune- Reischauer	Han Ch'ang-hun
See also : Korean name

Han Changhoon (* 1963 in Yŏsu , Chŏllanam-do ) is a South Korean writer .

Life

Han Changhoon was born in Yŏsu, South Chŏlla Province, in 1963 . He studied at the Hannam University . In 1992 the author made his debut with the story The Anchor (닻), which was published in the newspaper Taejŏn Ilbo .

Motifs such as sea and island are very significant in Han Changhoon's stories and often come into play in the form of nostalgia. The reason for this lies in its origins in the port city of Yŏsu . The characters in his works often have memories of the lonely coastal landscape in their hearts, motifs such as blue-black waves, desolate beaches with the wind blowing, or rough fishermen's hands. An image of home is created in relation to people who live burdened with worries in impoverished rural areas or on the outskirts of cities. Island, I live at the end of the world (섬, 나는 세상 의 끝 을 산다) consists of 12 stories. They are about a man who lives alone on an island, a woman who visits an island in memory of her old lost love, an old man who drifts lost on the sea to the island of Cheju , and a violent husband, who meets his fled wife again in the moonlight on the beach. In these stories, the sea is portrayed as life giving insight into the mysteries of existence. Although Han Changhoon addresses the suffering of the socially and economically disadvantaged, his characteristic modesty and sensitivity lead to the fact that he discovers beautiful and psychological details in every situation and gives his characters optimism and a belief in the good in people, so that they can face the difficulties of life can defy.

Work

Korean

• 바다 가 아름다운 이유 The reason for the beauty of the sea (1996) ISBN 8981330778
• 홍합 Mussels (1998) ISBN 8985505904
• 가던 새 본다 Checking for a bird that has flown away (1998) ISBN 9788936436506
• 세상 의 끝 으로 간 사람 Who went to the end of the world (2001) ISBN 9788982813894
• 섬, 나는 세상 의 끝 을 산다 Island, I live at the end of the world (2003) ISBN 9788936433468
• 열 여섯 의 섬 The 16th Island (2003) ISBN 9788971969823
• 청춘가 를 불러요 I'm Singing a Youth Song (2005) ISBN 8984311480
• 나는 여기 가 좋다 I like it here (2009) ISBN 9788954607612
• 꽃 의 나라 Land of Flowers (2011) ISBN 9788954615761
• 그 남자 의 연애사 A Man's Love Stories (2013) ISBN 9788954621724

Awards

• 2009 - 제 26 회 요산 문학상 ( Yosan Literature Prize )
• 2009 - 제 4 회 허균 문학 작가상 ( Hŏ-Kyun -Author Prize )
• 2007 - 제 3 회 제비꽃 서민 소설 상 ( Violet Novel Prize )
• 1998 - 제 3 회 한겨레 문학상 ( Literature Prize of the newspaper Hankyoreh )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 한창훈 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 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 February 24, 2014 (English) 
2. ↑ 네이버 지식 백과: 한창훈 , accessed February 24, 2014 (Korean)
3. ↑ Author Database of the LTI Korea 한창훈: Han chang-hun ( 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 24, 2014 (English) 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Han is the family name here, Changhoon is the first name.