Pak Taewon
| Pak Taewon | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 박태원 |
| Hanja | 朴 泰 遠 |
|
Revised Romanization |
Bak Tae-won |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Pak T'ae-wŏn |
Pak Taewon (born December 7, 1909 in Seoul , Korea , † July 10, 1986 in Pyongyang , North Korea ) was a South Korean writer and poet .
Life
Pak Taewon was born on December 7, 1909 in Seoul , Korea . His stage name is Kubo (구보 | 丘 甫). He attended the 1st Kyŏngsŏng High School and began his studies at Hosei University in Japan in 1930 , but dropped out without a degree. He made his debut as a poet while still in high school, when his work Big Sister (누님) was awarded in a competition. He made his debut as a writer in 1929 with the short story The Beard (수염), which was published in the magazine " Neues Leben " (신생). In 1930 he joined the " Circle of the Nine " (구인회 | 九 人 會) and from then on devoted himself more to writing novels. After the liberation in 1945 he became a member of the Central Committee of the Association of Writers of Korea (조선 문학가 동맹 의 중앙 집행 위원). During the Korean War he moved to North Korea and died there on July 10, 1986 .
A modernist who boldly combined experimental techniques with meticulous craftsmanship, he was more concerned with aestheticism and expression than with the ideas that were supposed to be expressed. In his early works he tried to construct a new style of writing, e.g. B. by using symbols and graphics from newspaper advertisements or commas. As a member of the "Circle of Nine", like Yi Sang , he rejected trend literature and emphasized the importance of viewing literature as a linguistic art and not as a medium to convey ideologies. In the late 1930s he concentrated increasingly on the habits and idiosyncrasies of the time and ultimately lost interest in trying out new stylistic devices. After the liberation he dealt with historical topics and problems of national identity and wrote almost exclusively historical novels.
Work
Korean
Novels
- 계명 산천 은 밝았 느냐 Has day come over the mountains and rivers? (1965)
- 갑오 농민 전쟁 Kabo Peasants' War (1977–1986)
Short stories
- 피로 exhaustion (1933)
- 딱한 사람들 Pitiable People (1934)
- 전말 顚 末 The Course (1935)
- 비량 Piryang (1936)
- 소설가 구보 씨 의 일일 A Day in the Life of the Writer Kubo (1938)
- 천변 풍경 At the river (1936–1937)
Translations
German
- At the river , EAST ASIA Verlag (2012) ISBN 978-3940527660
English
- A Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist in On the Eve of the Revolution and Other Stories from Colonial Korea , Cornell East Asia Series (2010) ISBN 978-1933947198
- Scenes from Ch'onggye Stream , Stallion Press (2011) ISBN 978-9810856182
Individual evidence
- ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 박태원 ( 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 June 9, 2014 (English)
- ↑ 다음 백과 사전: 박태원 ( 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 June 9, 2014 (Korean)
- ↑ Author Database of LTI Korea: Park Tae Won ( Memento of the original from June 7, 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 on June 9, 2014 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pak Taewon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 박태원 (Hangeul); 朴 泰 遠 (Hanja); Park Tae-weon (Revised Romanization); Park T'ae-wŏn (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1986 |
| Place of death | Pyongyang , North Korea |