Kim Takhwan

Kim Takhwan
Hangeul	김탁환
Hanja	金 琸 桓
Revised Romanization	Gim Tak-hwan
McCune- Reischauer	Kim T'ak-hwan
See also : Korean name

Kim Takhwan (born October 27, 1968 in Jinhae , Kyŏngsangnam-do ) is a South Korean writer and literary critic .

Life

Kim Takhwan was born on October 27, 1968 in Jinhae, South Kyŏngsang Province . A writer as well as a literary critic , he approaches writing from a scholarly perspective, creating a unique marriage of fiction and early Korean literature based on his expertise in the classics.

Almost all of his works are set in the middle to late Chosŏn period (1392–1910), a period in which feudal structures were still unchallenged, although calls were already being made to respond to modernity. However, Kim is not satisfied with simply recreating historical characters and events, but always wishes his readers to feel a sense of continuity and constant communication between the past and the present in his works.

Work

Korean

• 불멸 의 이순신 The Immortal Yi Sun-sin (1998)
• 허균, 최후 의 19 일 Hŏ Kyun , his last 19 days (1999)
• 독도 평전 Critical biography of Tokdo (2001)
• 나, 황진이 Me, Hwang Chin-i (2002)
• 서러워 라, 잊혀진다 는 것은 It's sad to be forgotten (2002)
• 방각본 살인 사건 The Panggakbon Murder Case (2003)
• 리심, 파리 의 조선 궁녀 Yi Chin, a Korean lady-in-waiting in Paris (2006)
• 눈먼 시계공 The blind watchmaker (2010)

Film adaptations

• 천둥 소리 Donner (2000–2001), original title: Hŏ Kyun, his last 19 days
• 불멸 의 이순신 The immortal Yi Sunsin (2004–2005)
• 서러워 라, 잊혀진다 는 것은 It's sad to be forgotten (2005)
• 황진이 Hwang Chin-i (2006) Original title: Ich, Hwang Chin-i
• 조선 명탐정: 각시 투구 꽃 의 비밀 Detective K: On behalf of the king (2011), original work: The secret of the virtuous widow (열녀문 의 비밀)
• 가비 Gabi (2012) Original title: Russian coffee (노서아 가비)

Translations

French

• Les Romans meurtriers , Philippe Picquier (2012) ISBN 978-2809703450

Individual evidence

1. ^ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database . Literature Translation Institute of Korea , archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).  
2. ↑ 네이버 인물 검색: 김탁환 Retrieved August 11, 2014 (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, Takhwan is the first name.