Kim Seong-dong
| Kim Seong-dong | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 김성동 |
| Hanja | 金聖東 |
|
Revised Romanization |
Gim Seong-dong |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Kim Sŏngdong |
Kim Seong-Dong (born November 8, 1947 in Poryŏng , Ch'ungch'ŏngnam-do ) is a South Korean writer .
Life
Kim Seong-Dong was born on November 8, 1947 in Poryŏng, the son of a communist functionary. As a result of an ideological argument that ended in a brutal bloodbath, Kim lost his father and other family members, both on his mother's and her father's side, and grew up with the stigma of the communist son. This experience left its mark and as a student at Sorabol High School , he joined a Buddhist order to become a student of the Zen master Chihyo .
When his short story Mokt'akcho ( 목탁 조 ) was published in the weekly Religion ( 주간 종교 ) in 1975 , he was accused of defaming the Order and duly excommunicated. Kim returned to the worldly sphere and started working for various magazines and publishers. His writing career began in 1978 when the short story Mandala ( 만다라 ) was published in Korean Literature ( 한국 문학 ). In the following year he revised and expanded the text into a novel.
Kim's later works deal with the brutal legacy of the Korean War and are based on his own experiences. The recurring motif of the 'mother's inexplicable stomach ache' is linked to the traumatic effects of the war and the division of the country on ordinary people. The author's focus here is not on the war, but on the survivors of these atrocities who have to grapple with material difficulties and the responsibility to appease the 'lonely spirit of the [dead] father'.
Work
Korean
- 엄마 와 개구리 Mother and the frog
- 별 star
- 잔월 Waning moon
- 오막살이 집 한채 A Hut (1982)
- 집 The House (1989)
- 화려한 외출 A Magnificent Exit (1989)
- 국수 Noodles (1995)
Translations into German
- Mandala ( 만다라 ), Pendragon Verlag (2004) ISBN 978-3-934872-90-5
Awards
- 1978: 한국 문학 신인상 ( Young Talent Award for Korean Literature )
- 1983: 소설 문학 작품상 ( Prize for Narrative Literature )
- 2002: 현대 불교 문학상 ( Prize for Modern Buddhist Literature )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 김성동 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 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 February 25, 2014
- ↑ Daum 백과 사전: 김성동 ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 25, 2014 (Korean)
- ↑ Author Database of the LTI Korea: Kim Seong-Dong ( Memento of the original from June 7, 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 February 25, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kim, Seong-dong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김성동 (Korean, Hangeul); 金聖東 (Korean, Hanja); Gim, Seong-dong (Revised Romanization); Kim, Sŏngdong (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poryŏng , Ch'ungch'ŏngnam-do |