Jo Jong-rae

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Jo Jong-rae
Hangeul 조정래
Hanja 趙廷 來
Revised
Romanization 		Jo Jeong-rae
McCune-
Reischauer 		Cho Chŏngnae
Jo Jong-rae, 2014

Jo Jong-rae (also Jo Jung-rae or Jo Jong-nae; born August 17, 1943 in Sunch'ŏn , South Chŏlla Province ) is a South Korean writer .

Life

Jo Jong-rae was born in Sŏnam Temple in South Chŏlla Province . When he was five years old, the Korean War broke out and his family fled south. Jo became interested in writing at an early age and won first prize in a writing competition at school. He later studied Korean Studies at Dongguk University in Seoul .

In 1970 he made his debut as a writer with the short story Verruf , which was published in the June issue of the literary magazine Modern Literature (Hyŏndae munhak), and in December of the same year a teacher's travelogue appeared .

In 2013 he was a professor at the Institute of Korean Language and Literature at Dongguk University.

One of his best-known works is the multi-volume novel Das Taebaek Gebirge , which was also made into a film in 1994 (director: Im Kwon-taek ).

Publications

Korean

stories
  • 黃土 ( 황토 ) Yellow Earth Seoul: Hyŏndae munhwa, 1974
  • 流 刑(유형) 의 땅 Land of Exile Seoul: Munye ch'ulp'an, 1982
Novels
  • 대장경 Taejanggyŏng Seoul: Minye, 1980
  • 불놀이 Seoul fire game : Munye ch'ulp'an, 1983
  • 태백 산맥 太白 山脈 The Taebaek Mountains 10 volumes Seoul: Hangil, 1986–1989
  • 아리랑 Arirang 12 volumes Seoul: Haenaem, 1994–1995
  • 한강 The Han River, 10 volumes Seoul: Haenaem, 2001–2002
  • 조정래 문학 전집 Jo Jong-Rae complete works Seoul: Haenaem, 1999

Translations

German
English
  • Playing with Fire Ithaca, NY: Cornell East Asia Program 1997
  • The Land of the Banished Seoul: Jimoondang PublishingCompany 2001
  • Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe 1993
French
  • Jouer avec le feu Paris: L'Harmattan 1998
  • Arirang: nos terres sont notre vie 1–12 Paris: L'Harmattan 1998
  • Terre d'exil et autres romans Paris: L'Harmattan 1999
  • La chaîne des monts Taebaek Tome1: Sohwa la chamane Paris: L'Harmattan 2004

Film adaptations

  • 황토 Yellow Earth , (1975)
  • 태백 산맥 The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
  • 두레 소리 Ture-sori (2011)

Awards

  • 1981 Prize for Contemporary Literature for Land of Exile
  • 1982 Republic of Korea Literature Prize for Gate of Mankind
  • 2003: Manhae Prize
  • 2003: Tong-ni Prize
  • 2006: Modern Buddhism Literature Prize in the Novel category
  • 2012: Posŏng Kunmin-ŭi Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Jo Jung-Rae ( 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 July 29, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eng.klti.or.kr
  2. ^ Tabaek Montain Range Museum Homepage: Jo Jeong Rae the Author . Archived by archive.org on February 4, 2014 (English)
  3. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Jo Jong-rae ( Memento of the original from April 7, 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 July 29, 2013 (Korean) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.klti.or.kr
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jo is the family name here, Jong-rae is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Jo, Jong-rae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 윤대녕 (Korean, Hangeul); 趙廷 來 (Korean, Hanja); Cho, Chŏngnae (McCune-Reischauer); Jo, Jong-nae (alternative transcription); Yo, Jung-rae
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean author
DATE OF BIRTH August 17, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Suncheon , South Korea