Hong Sung-won

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Hong Sung-won
Hangeul 홍성원
Hanja 洪 盛 原
Revised
Romanization 		Hong Seong-won
McCune-
Reischauer 		Hong Sŏng-wŏn

Hong Sung-won (born December 26, 1937 in Hapcheon , Gyeongsangnam-do , † May 1, 2008 in Gimpo , Gyeonggi-do ) was a South Korean writer .

Life

Hong Sung-won was born in Hapcheon County in 1937, the oldest of eight children. In 1940 he moved with his family to North Korea, where they lived until it was liberated from Japanese colonial rule . The family then settled in Seoul . In 1956, Hong began studying English at Korea University , but had to drop out due to financial reasons.

Shortly after the military coup by Park Chung-hee in 1961, he had to do three years of military service. The three years he spent at Gangwon-do Military Base greatly influenced his work. In 1964, Hong became known as a writer by winning three different writing competitions in a row. His experiences as a teenager in the Korean War and later as a soldier were the focus of his early works. Later he dealt among other things with the difficulties of city life and dealt with recent history.

On May 1, 2008, at the age of 71, he died in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, as a result of a chronic illness.

Work (excerpt)

Korean

  • 디 · 데이 의 兵 村 Barracks on D-Day Seoul: Changwoosa 1966
  • 주말 여행 Weekend trip Seoul: Moonhak Kwa Jisung Sa 1976
  • 즐거운 地獄 The Merry Hell Seoul: Samjungdang 1977
  • 무사 와 악사 Warrior and Singer Seoul: Youl Hwa Dang 1977
  • 남과 북 South and North Seoul: Seoeumsa 1977
  • 흔들리는 땅 The Quaking Earth Seoul: Moonhak Kwa Jisung Sa 1978
  • 막차 로 온 손님들 The guests who arrived on the last train Seoul: Samjungdang 1982
  • 마지막 우상 The last idol in Seoul: Hyundae Munhak 1985
  • 폭군 Tyrant Seoul: Nanam 1987
  • 먼동 Dawn Seoul: Moonhak Kwa Jisung Sa 1993
  • 투명한 얼굴 들 The Transparent Faces Seoul: Moonhak Kwa Jisung Sa 1994
  • 그러나 But Seoul: Moonhak Kwa Jisung Sa 1996
  • 기찻길 The Seoul Railway Track: Moonhak Kwa Jisung Sa 2004

Translations

German

  • Courtesy , in: the hear . Journal for literature, art and criticism, 41st year, 4/96
  • Berge , in: Korean stories, Seoul: Euljimunhwasa 1997
  • Warriors and Singer EOS 2005 ISBN 3-8306-7214-4

Japanese

  • さ れ ど (But) Honnoizumi, 2010

Award

  • 1992 - 4th Isan Literature Prize
  • 1985 - Hyŏndae Literature Prize
  • 1977 - Republic of Korea Literature Prize - Presidential Award

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Hong Sung-won ( Memento of the original from February 1, 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 August 5, 2013 (Korean). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.klti.or.kr
  2. ↑ _list Books from Korea: list Vol. 20 Summer 2013: However The Significance of Hong Sung-won's Novel However ( Memento of the original from February 1, 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 August 5, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.list.or.kr
  3. ↑ 한국적 건조 문체 개척 홍성원 씨 타계 . Hankyoreh, May 1, 2008 (Korean).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Hong is the family name here, Sung-won is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Hong, Sung-won
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 홍성원 (Korean, Hangeul); 洪 盛 原 (Korean, Hanja); Hong, Seong-won (Revised Romanization); Hong, Sŏngwŏn (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hapcheon , Gyeongsangnam-do
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2008
Place of death Gimpo , Gyeonggi-do