Lee Cheong-jun

Hangeul	이청준
Hanja	李 淸 俊
Revised Romanization	I Cheong-jun
McCune- Reischauer	Yi Ch'ŏngjun
See also : Korean name

Lee Cheong-jun

Lee Cheong-jun (also Yi Chŏng-jun; born August 9, 1939 in Changhŭng , Zenra-nandō sub - province, Chōsen province , former Japanese Empire , now South Korea ; † July 31, 2008 in Seoul , South Korea) was a South Korean author .

Life

Lee Cheong-jun graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in German .

In 1965 he published his first short novel Discharge from the Hospital ( 퇴원 ), with which he won the Sasanggye Prize for Young Authors . Many of his works were made into films, such as B. The island of Iŏ ( 이어도 ; 1977) by director Kim Ki-young , Sŏp'yŏnje ( 서편제 ; 1993) by Im Kwon-taek and Secret Sunshine ( 밀양 ; 2007) by Lee Chang-dong . Lee Cheong-jun died of lung cancer at the age of 68 . He wrote more than 100 short stories and 13 novels. Lee is considered one of the most influential authors in South Korea and has won several awards. His work has been translated into numerous languages ​​including English, German, French, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish.

Works

Korean (selection)

• 퇴원 ( discharge from hospital ) (1965)
• 병신 과 머저리 ( The hollow head and the fool ) (1966)
• 굴레 ( Shackles ) (1966)
• 석화촌 ( The Oyster Village ) (1968)
• 매잡이 ( Falconry ) (1968)
• 침몰선 ( The Sunken Ship ) (1968)
• 소문 의 벽 ( The Wall of Rumors ) (1971)
• 조율사 ( tuner ) (1972)
• 들어 보면 아시겠지만 ( If you hear that, you 'll know ... ) (1972)
• 떠도는 말들 ( Rumors ) (1973)
• 이어도 ( The Island Iŏ ) (1974)
• 낮은 목소리 로 ( In a deep voice ) (1974)
• 자서전 들 쓰 십시다 ( Let's Write Autobiographies! ) (1976)
• 서편제 ( Sŏp'yŏnje ) (1976)
• 불 을 머금은 항아리 ( fire pot ) (1977)
• 잔인한 도시 ( Barbarian City ) (1978)
• 살아있는 늪 ( Living Moor ) (1979)
• 별 을 보여 드립니다 ( I'll show you the stars ) (1971)
• 가면 의 꿈 ( Dream of a Mask ) (1975)
• 당신들 의 천국 ( Your Paradise ) (1976)
• 예언자 ( The Prophet ) (1977)
• 춤추는 사제 ( The Dancing Priest ) (1979)
• 흐르지 않는 강 ( The River That Doesn't Flow ) (1979)
• 따뜻한 강 ( The Warm River ) (1986)
• 자유 의 문 ( The Door to Freedom ) (1989)
• 눈길 ( Snow Path ) (2001)
• 선생님 의 밥 그릇 ( Teacher's Rice Bowl ) (2002)

Film adaptations

• 나는 행복 합니다 ( I am happy ) 2008
• 천년학 ( thousand years ) 2007
• 밀양 ( Miryang ) 2007
• 축제 ( The Festival ) 1996
• 서편제 ( Sŏp'yŏngje ) 1993
• 낮은 대로 임 하소서 ( Please take care of your subordinates ) 1981
• 이어도 ( The Island Iŏ ) 1977
• 석화촌 ( The Oyster Village ) 1972

Translations

German

• The firewoman and other stories . Residenz-Verlag, Salzburg, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-7017-1108-9
• The hare in the water palace or how things are in the world. A Korean fairy tale . Edition Kappa, Munich, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-932000-47-1
• The secret fire festival. Narratives . Pendragon, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-929096-80-3
• Nolbu has many teachers or: two kinds of people. An old Korean folk poem retold . Edition Peperkorn, Thunum 2001, ISBN 3-929181-40-1
• Sim Ch'ŏng has good relationships. An old Korean folk poem retold . Edition Peperkorn, Thunum 2001, ISBN 3-929181-41-X
• Brutal city. Two stories . Haag and Herchen, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-89846-124-6
• The funeral service . Horlemann, Bad Honnef 2002, ISBN 3-89502-154-7
• The double ong or: the enchanted straw doll. An old Korean folk poem retold . Edition Peperkorn, Thunum 2003, ISBN 3-929181-51-7
• The search for the lost words. An introduction to the sociology of language. Narratives . EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien 2003, ISBN 3-8306-7127-X
• The rumor wall . Edition Peperkorn, Thunum 2005, ISBN 3-929181-62-2
• The white clothes. Novel . Studies, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89129-887-0
• Your paradise. Novel . Edition Peperkorn, Thunum 2007, ISBN 978-3-929181-75-3

English

• The Snowy Road and Other Stories (단편 소설 선 <눈길>)
• This Paradise of Yours (당신들 의 천국)
• The Prophet and Other Stories (이청준 소설 선 <예언자> 외)
• Seopyeonje (서편제)
• The Cruel City and Other Korean Short Stories (한국 대표 단편선 (2))

Awards

• 1968: 동인 문학상 ( Tongin Literature Prize )
• 1969: 대한민국 문화 예술상 신인상 ( Culture and Art Prize of the Republic of Korea in the young authors category )
• 1978: 이상 문학상 ( Yi Sang Literature Prize )
• 1986: 대한민국 문학상 ( Literature Prize of the Republic of Korea )
• 1994: 대산 문학상 ( Taesan Literature Prize )
• 1998: 21 세기 문학상 ( Literature Prize of the 21st Century )
• 2004: 대한민국 문화 예술상 ( Art and Culture Prize of the Republic of Korea )
• 2007: 제비꽃 서민 소설 상 ( Violet Prize for prose literature )
• 2007: 호암 상 예술상 ( Ho Am Prize )
• 2008: 금관 문화 훈장 ( Order for Cultural Merit in Gold )

Web links

• LTI Korea: Author Database: Lee Cheong-jun (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Naver: People: 이청준 , accessed July 29, 2013 (Korean).
2. ↑ Renowned novelist Lee Cheong-Jun Dies at 68. (No longer available online.) In: KBS Global. July 31, 2008, archived from the original on October 23, 2008 ; accessed on September 6, 2010 (English). 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.  
3. ^ ^{A b} Cathy Rose A. Garcia: Novelist Lee Cheong-jun Dies. In: The Korea Times . July 31, 2008, accessed September 6, 2010 . 
4. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: 이청준 ( Memento of the original dated November 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 July 27, 2013 (Korean). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Cheong-jun is the first name.