Hwang Sun-mi

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Hwang Sun-mi
Hangeul 황선미
Hanja 黃 善 美
Revised
Romanization 		Hwang Seon-mi
McCune-
Reischauer 		Hwang Sŏnmi
Hwang Sun-mi

Hwang Sun-mi (* 1963 in Hongsŏng ) is a South Korean children's author.

Life

Hwang Sun-mi was born in Hongsŏng in 1963. Coming from a poor background, she was unable to attend middle school. However, she got the key to the classroom from an understanding teacher and was able to read books and study independently. So she made it to high school and then studied creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts , Kwangju University and the Graduate Faculty of Chung-Ang University . She made her debut as a writer relatively late in 1995. She graduated from university without taking part in writing competitions. It wasn't until she raised her two sons that she started publishing. She is a professor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.

Hwang Sun-mi writes about everyday problems that children face and sees her books as a source of courage and hope to overcome these problems. The author gets inspiration for her stories from her two sons. Her publications include animal stories, fantasy stories and realistic stories about the school, although she had never attended middle school herself. Well known in South Korea is her story Always Trouble with Jonko (나쁜 어린이 표), which takes sides for children who have been treated unfairly by teachers. Another famous book by Hwang Sun-Mi, The Day I Hide My Journal (일기 감추는 날), is about a child who fears inconvenience when teachers, friends, and family read his school diary and learn the truth about his thoughts . But since he doesn't want to lie, he hides his diary (Korean children have to keep a kind of diary as their daily homework at school). Hwang has sold over a million books and her works have been translated into numerous languages. They also served as models for puppet theater, musicals and cartoons. The story The chicken that dreamed of flying (마당 을 나온 암탉) was made into an animated film in 2011 and was a box-office hit in South Korea.

Work

Korean

Translations

German

English

Awards

  • 1995: 아동 문학 평론 신인 문학상 ( young talent award for children's literature )
  • 1997: 제 1 회 탐라 문학상 ( T'amna Literature Prize )
  • 1997: 농민 문학상 ( Farmer's Literature Prize )
  • 2001: 제 1 회 SBS 미디어 대상 우수상 ( 1st SBS Media Prize )
  • 2003: 제 36 회 세종 아동 문학상 ( Sejong Children's Literature Prize )
  • 2012: Book of the year by the Polish online community Granice pl .: 마당 을 나온 암탉 The chicken that dreamed of flying

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Naver 인물 검색: 황선미 Retrieved February 24, 2014 (Korean)
  2. ↑ a b LIST Magazine: “Children's Books Should Provide Comfort and Hope” ( Memento of the original from February 27, 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 February 24, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.list.or.kr
  3. ↑ Project Muse: Sun-Mi Hwang: Korea - Author ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 February 24, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / muse.jhu.edu
  4. ↑ The Wallstreet Journal Asia: Leafie the Hen Captures Korean Moviegoers Retrieved February 24, 2014 (English)
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Hwang is the family name here, Sun-mi is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Hwang, Sun-mi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 황선미 (Korean, Hangeul); 黃 善 美 (Korean, Hanja); Hwang, Seon-mi (Revised Romanization); Hwang, Sŏnmi (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean children's author
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Hongsŏng