Kim Joo-young

Kim Joo-young
Korean spelling
Hangeul	김주영
Hanja	金周榮
Revised Romanization	Gim Ju-yeong
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Chuyŏng
See also : Korean name

Kim Joo-young (born January 26, 1939 in Chinbo , Kyŏngsangbuk-do ) is a South Korean writer.

Life

Kim Joo-young was born on January 26, 1939 in Chinbo , Ch'ŏngsong County, North Kyŏngsang Province . He spent his youth in poverty. According to his father's will, he attended the agricultural high school in Taegu , animal production department. However, his real interest was in literature and so he began to write poetry. In 1960 he was finally able to begin a two-year course in literature. After graduating from college, however, he embarked on a career that had no relation to literature.

In 1970 he was able to publish his novel On the Summer Hunt in a monthly magazine for literature ( Wôlganmunhak ). A year later, in October 1971, he received an award for the new novel Ruhephase . In this novel he first dealt with the life of the poor and their healthy attitude towards life.

Over time, he devoted himself more to his childhood experiences. Because of the poetic and sensitive language, it is very popular with readers. In works like Der Makler , Donnergrollen , Ein Fischer does not break the reed or The Stingray , the place of his childhood always forms the background of his stories.

He explains why he likes to choose his homeland as the background for his novels as follows: “We spend a very pure time in our childhood, both mentally and physically. These experiences naturally have a lasting impact on us. This is fateful for a writer. "

Kim Joo-young published his novel The Broker as a serial in a Seoul daily newspaper ( Seoul Sinmun ). The critics reacted positively, as they saw in this work a new way to the historical novel. The author researched more than ten times in the same market town he intended to write about. In addition, he was passionate about collecting information about the linguistic characteristics and customs of peddlers . The result was a masterpiece in which the documentary is in harmony with the literary imagination .

Work

Korean

stories

• 여자 를 찾습니다 Looking for a Woman (Seoul: Hanjin, 1975)
• 도둑 견습 The Teaching of a Thief (Seoul: Pŏmusa, 1990)
• 여자 를 찾습니다 thunder (Seoul: Minŭmsa, 1979)
• 외 촌장 기행 Travelogue about the markets of the remote villages (Seoul: Munidang, 2001)

Novels

• 아들 의 겨울 The Son's Winter (Seoul: Ch'ŏnyewon, 1981)
• The lawbreakers (1-3 Seoul: The Joongang Newspaper (Chungang ilbosa) 1987)
• 고기 잡이 는 갈대 를 꺾지 않는다 A fisherman does not break the reed (Seoul: Minŭmsa. Co., 1988)
• 화척 Hwachok (Seoul: Munidang, 1991)
• 객주 The Broker (Seoul: Ch'angjak-kwa pip'yŏngsa, 1992)
• 외설 춘향전 Another story about Chunhyang (Seoul: Minŭmsa, 1994)
• 거인 을 찾아서 In Search of a Giant (Seoul: Yeŭm, 1994)
• 아라리 난장 Arari nanjang 1-3 (Seoul: Munidang, 2000)
• 멸치 Anchovies (Seoul: Maŭm sanch'aek, 2001)
• 홍어 The stingray (Seoul: Munidang, 2002)
• 거울 속 여행 Journey in the mirror (Seoul: Munidang 2001)
• 어린 날 의 초상 Childhood memories (Kaemi 2003)

Translations

German

• A fisherman does not break the reed (Edition Peperkorn, 2002) ISBN 978-3929181500
• Anchovies (Edition Peperkorn, 2007) ISBN 978-3-92918-1-746
• The stingray (Edition Peperkorn, 2001) ISBN 978-3929181340
• On the search for the bird (in: die horen , magazine for literature, art and criticism, 41 vol., 4/96)

English

• The Sound of Thunder (Seoul: Sisa yŏngŏsa, 1989)

French

• Le pêcheur ne cueille pas de roseaux (Nantes: Éditions du Petit Véhicle, 2000)

Spanish

• El pescador no tala (Lima: Pontificia Universidad Catolica Del Peru, 1996)

Awards

• 2007 - Order for Cultural Merit (Silver)
• 2007 - Kach'ŏn Hwangkyŏng Literature Prize in the category of novels
• 2002 - Kim Tong-ni Literature Prize
• 2001 - Lee Mu-yŏng Literature Prize
• 1998 - Taesan Literature Prize in the novels category
• 1996 - Isan Literature Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 네이버 인물 검색: 김주영 , accessed January 20, 2014 (Korean).
2. ↑ 한국 현대 문학 대사전: 네이버 지식 백과 김주영 (金周榮) , accessed January 20, 2014 (Korean).
3. ↑ ^{a b} LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Kim Joo-young ( 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 July 3, 2013 (Korean). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Joo-young is the first name.