Lim Chul-woo

Lim Chul-woo
In the Chulwoo
Hangeul	임철우
Revised Romanization	In the Cheol-u
McCune- Reischauer	In the Ch'ŏru
See also : Korean name

Lim Chulwoo or Lim Chul-woo (born October 15, 1954 in Wando , South Chŏlla Province ) is a South Korean writer .

Life

Lim was born in a village on the South Korean island of Wando . He studied English Language and Literature at Sogang University in Seoul . He later moved to Chonnam University in Kwangju , where he received his doctorate in 1996. As a student, he witnessed the 1980 Kwangju uprising , in which numerous demonstrators were killed by the military.

Most of Lim's works deal with the 1980 uprising and the Korean War as a backdrop and analyze the guilt feelings of those who were powerless in the face of political oppression and violence. A year after the Kwangju massacre, he published his first short story The Dog Thief , in which the division of the country and the violence of ideological conflicts are promised. Lim's goal of documenting the tragedy of the uprising culminated in Spring Day , a five-volume novel written over an eight-year period.

Lim is a professor of creative writing at Hanshin University . He has received numerous awards for his work.

Work

Korean

• 아버지 의 땅 ( The Father's Earth ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏnggsa 1984
• 그리운 남쪽 ( Longing for the South ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏnggsa 1985
• 불임 기 ( Barren Times ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏnggsa 1985
• 달빛 밟기 ( Homecoming in the moonlight ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏnggsa 1987
• 붉은 산 흰 새 ( Red Mountain, White Bird ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏnggsa 1990
• 그 섬 에 가고 싶다 ( The Island ) Seoul: Sallim 1991
• 직선 과 독가스 ( straight line and poison gas ) Seoul: Munhak sasangsa 1993
• 등대 아래서 휘파람 ( whistles under the lighthouse ) Hanyang 1993
• 봄날 ( Spring Day ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏnggsa 1997
• 백년 여관 ( The Century Motel ) Seoul: Hankyoreh sinmunsa 2004

German editions

• Muk's uncle in: they hear . Journal for literature, art and criticism. 41st year, 4/96
• The earth of the father in: At the end of time, Bielefeld: Pendragon 1999 ISBN 978-3-92909-684-2
• Father Bielefeld's earth : Pendragon. ISBN 978-3-86532-070-4
• Barren times in: Collected Lights, Bielefeld: Pendragon 2002 ISBN 978-3-93487-234-9
• The red room Bielefeld: Pendragon 2003 ISBN 978-3-93487-246-2
• Farewell Valley Munich: Iudicium 2015 ISBN 978-3-86205-415-2
• The quarter of the clowns: Iudicium 2018 ISBN 978-3-86205-519-7

Film adaptations

• 그 섬 에 가고 싶다 ( The Island ) (1993)

Awards

• 2005 - 제 22 회 요산 문학상 ( Yosan Literature Prize )
• 1998 - 제 12 회 단 재상 ( Tanjae Prize )
• 1988 - 12 회 이상 문학상 ( Yi Sang Literature Prize )
• 1985 - 제 17 회 한국 일보 문학상 ( Hankook Ilbo Literature Prize )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 임철우 ( 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 January 26, 2014 (English) 
2. ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Lim Chul-woo ( Memento of the original dated November 7, 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. 
3. ^ Korean Literature in Translation: Im Chul-woo , accessed July 29, 2013 (English).
4. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Lim Chul-woo ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 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). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lim is the family name here, Chul-woo is the first name.