Jo Kyung-ran

Hangeul	조경란
Hanja	趙京蘭
Revised Romanization	Jo Gyeong-nan
McCune- Reischauer	Cho Kyŏng-nan
See also : Korean name

Jo Kyung Ran (* 1969 in Seoul ) is a South Korean author . She is considered one of the most important representatives of contemporary literature production in South Korea.

Life

After graduating from high school, she lived withdrawn from the world until she was 25, before she began studying creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts (서울 예술 대학교) and in 1996 with the story "The French Glasses Shop" (Pullansŏ angyŏngwon) made his debut. In the same year, her first novel, "Zeit zum Toastbacken" (Sikppang kumnŭn sigan) was awarded the Munhakdongnae Prize for New Writers. This award was presented for the first time that year.

Jo Kyung-ran's works are characterized by a very sensitive kind of literary observation and imagination. The author mainly addresses the isolation and loneliness in modern urbanized society, the breakdown of interpersonal relationships and alienation within the family. This clearly distinguishes it from the older generation of Korean writers and their issues such as national division and coming to terms with history.

Her novels "Zeit zum Toastbacken" and "Feine Kost" and her collection of stories "How does the elephant get into my bedroom?" Are published in German. Your story "My purple sofa" is contained in the volume of stories "Assembled Lights", "The French glasses shop" in the volume "A simple dotted dress", both published as part of the edition of modern Korean authors from Pendragon Verlag Bielefeld.

Works

• 1997 불란서 안경원 (The French eyewear shop). Narrative. Seoul: Munhakdongne
• 1996 식빵 굽는 시간 (time to bake toast). Novel. Seoul: Munhakdongnae
• 1997 불란서 안경원 (The French eyewear shop). Stories (with the title story from 1996). Seoul: Munhakdongnae
• 1998 움직임 (movement). Narrative. Seoul: Chakka chŏngsin
• 1999 가족 의 기원 (The Origin of the Family). Novel. Seoul: Mitŭmsa
• 2000 나의 자줏빛 소파 (My purple sofa). Stories. Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa
• 2001 우이 는 만난 적이 있다 (We have met before). Novel. Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa
• 2002 코끼리 를 찾아서 (How does the elephant get into my bedroom?). Stories. Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa
• 2003 조경란 의 악어 이야기 (Jo Kyung-ran's story of an alligator). Short prose. Seoul: Maŭm sanch'aek
• 2004 국자 이야기 (story of a wooden spoon). Stories. Seoul: Munhakdongnae
• 2007 혀 (Feine Kost) novel.
• 2008 풍선 을 샀어 (I bought a balloon)

Translations

German

• My Purple Sofa in Gathered Lights , Pendragon, (2002) ISBN 978-3934872349
• How does the elephant get into my bedroom? , Pendragon, (2003) ISBN 978-3934872585
• The French Eyewear Store in A Simple Polka Dot Dress , Pendragon, (2004) ISBN 978-3934872578
• Time to Toast , Pendragon, (2005) ISBN 978-3865320179
• Feine Kost , Luchterhand Collection, (2010) ISBN 978-3630621852

English

• Tongue , Bloomsbury, (2009) ISBN 978-1596916517
• I Live in Bongcheon-dong , ASIA Publishers, (2013) ISBN 978-8994006970

French

• Mise en bouche , Philippe Rey, (2010) ISBN 978-2848761619

Awards

• 1996 Dong-a Ilbo Prize for the story The French Glasses Shop
• 1996 Munhakdongnae Award for Toasting Time
• 2002 Prize for young artists for How does the elephant get into my bedroom?
• 2003 Prize for Contemporary Literature for The Narrow Door , first in 2003, now in The Story of a Cooking Spoon
• 2008 Tongin Literature Prize

Web links

• Short biography of Jo Kyung-Rans from Pendragon Publishing
• Literature by and about Jo Kyung-ran in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Daum: 조경란 저자 정보 , accessed August 12, 2013 (Korean).
2. ↑ Fantastic fiction: Jo Kyung-Ran , accessed on July 29, 2013 (English).
3. ↑ LTI Korea: Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 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 April 26, 2015 
4. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Cho Se-hui ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2014 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 July 29, 2013 (Korean). 
5. ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Jo Kyung-ran ( 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. 

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, Kyung-ran is the first name.