Hyun Ki-young
| Hyun Ki-young | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 현기영 |
| Hanja | 玄 基 榮 |
|
Revised Romanization |
Hyeon Gi-yeong |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Hyŏn Kiy .ng |
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Hyun Ki-young (born January 16, 1941 on Cheju Island ) is a South Korean writer .
Life
Hyun Ki-young was born on the island of Cheju in 1941 and witnessed the Cheju massacre at the age of seven . This traumatic experience influenced his development in his youth and at the same time enabled him to recognize his literary destiny at an early stage.
He studied didactics for teaching English at Seoul National University , after graduating in 1967 worked at a middle school and wrote prose. In 1975 he made his debut with the story Father , which was awarded by the Dong-a Ilbo newspaper . In 1979 his short story Suni's Aunt was published . Hyun Ki-young was the first Korean author to address the Cheju massacre in his works, which was forbidden at the time due to the confidentiality imposed by the South Korean government. The author was arrested and tortured for three days.
In 1986, Hyun received the Sin Tongyŏp Prize for Writers. In 1990 he was honored with the Manhae Literature Prize and in 1999 with the Hankook Ilbo Literature Prize .
In his works, Hyun Ki-young mainly deals with the Cheju uprising of 1948. In addition to his literary work, he was director of the "Institute for Research into the Cheju Uprising" and chairman of the Cheju Social and Cultural Council. He was also chairman of the National Literature Writers' Union and director of the Korean Culture and Art Foundation.
Work
Korean
stories
- 아버지 Father , Dong-a Ilbo 1975
- 순이 삼촌 Suni's aunt , Seoul: Ch'angbi 1979
- 아스팔트 Asphalt , Seoul: Ch'angbi 1986
Novels
- 변방 에 우짖는 새 The bird that sings in the borderland , Seoul: Ch'angbi 1983
- 바람 타는 섬 Island in the Wind , Seoul: Ch'angbi 1986
- 지상 에 숟가락 하나 A spoon on the earth , Seoul: Silch'ŏn munhak 1999
Translations
German
- The last cowherd in: At the end of time , Bielefeld: Pendragon 1999 ISBN 978-3-929096-84-2 .
English
- Aunt Suni , (1979) Gakbook 2008 ISBN 978-89-6208-002-5 .
- Dead Silence. Stories on the Jeju Massacre , EastBridge Signature Books 2007 ISBN 1-891936-80-8 .
- One Spoon on This Earth , Dalkey Archive Press 2013 ISBN 978-1-56478-915-0 .
- Sun-i Samch'on , Asia Publishers (Korean-English edition) ISBN 978-89-94006-22-2 .
Awards
- 1990: Manhae Literature Prize
- 1994: O-Yŏng-su Literature Prize
- 1999: 32nd Hankook Ilbo Literature Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Hyun Ki-young ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2013 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 December 28, 2013.
- ↑ The long and terrible April 3rd - some facts about the Jeju-do uprising (PDF 1.3 MB), by Gisela Köllner, in KoreaForum 1–2 / 2000, accessed on December 28, 2013
- ↑ The Jeju Weekly: 'Sun-i Samch'on' revisited for the first time, accessed on December 28, 2013 (December 25, 2012 edition) (English)
- ↑ Changbi: 저자 정보 현기영 ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 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 9, 2013 (Korean / English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hyun, Ki-young |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 현기영 (Korean, Hangeul); 玄 基 榮 (Korean, Hanja); Hyeon, Gi-yeong (Revised Romanization); Hyŏn, Kiyŏng (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jeju-do |