Min-gyu Park

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Min-gyu Park
Hangeul 박민규
Hanja 朴 玟 奎
Revised
Romanization 		Bak Min-gyu
McCune-
Reischauer 		Pak Minkyu

Park Min-gyu (* 1968 in Ulsan , Gyeongsangnam-do ) is a South Korean writer .

Life

Park Min-gyu studied creative writing with a major in poetry at Chung-Ang University in Seoul . After completing his studies, he worked in various companies and as editor-in-chief of a local magazine. However, he wanted to become a writer and spent his time at home writing stories.

In 2003 he published his first two novels, both of which were very successful. He received the Munhakdongne Writer's Prize for legends about earthly heroes and the Hankyoreh Literature Prize for The Last Fan Club of the Sammi Superstars . His writing style was something new in the Korean literary world. On the website of the Words without Borders project , his style is described as follows: “Unusual metaphors and descriptions, sentences and paragraphs that ignore all the rules of grammar, narrative structures that override the logical law of causation , and characters that look like characters from one Comic behavior. There was nothing in his writing style that could be described as ordinary. ”His debut work Legends About Earthly Heroes is about American comic heroes like Batman , Wonder Woman and Aquaman . The main character, called Bananaman, meets these heroes and forms the Super Squad with them . While Park's work parodies American heroism , it also criticizes hegemonic violence.

In 2005 Park received the Shin Dong yeop Literature Prize for his Castella short story collection . In 2007 he received the Lee Hyo-seok Literature Prize for A Boat on the Yellow River . In 2010 his short story Ein Nickerchen was adapted as a play. The super junior singer Kim Ki-bum also played a role in this.

In 2014 he participated in the short story collection Nunmeon Jadeul-ui Gukka , which deals with the misfortune of Sewol .

Publications

Novels

  • 2003: 지구 영웅 전설 Jigu Yeongung Jeonseol 'Legend of Earthly Superheroes'
  • 2003: 삼미 슈퍼 스타즈 의 마지막 팬클럽 Sammi Superstars-ui Fanclub 'The last fan club of the Sammi Superstars'
  • 2006: 핑퐁 Ping Pong 'Ping Pong'
  • 2009: 죽은 왕녀 를 위한 파반느 Jugeun Wangnyeo-reul Wihan Pabaneu "Pavane for a dead princess"
  • 2010: 아침 의 문 Achim-ui Mun 'Door of the Morning'

Short story collections

  • 2005: 카스테라 'Castella' (Collection)
  • 2007: 낮잠 Natjam 'A Nap '
  • 2010: 더블 Double 'Doppel' (collection in two volumes)
  • 2014: A story in 눈먼 자 들의 국가 - 세월 호 를 바라 보는 작가 의 눈 Nunmeon Jadeul-ui Gukka - Sewolho-reul Baraboneun Jakka-ui Nun

Awards

  • 2003: Munhakdogne Prize for New Authors for 'Legend of Earthly Superheroes'
  • 2003: Hankyoreh Literature Prize for 'The Last Fan Club of the Sammi Superstars'
  • 2005: Shin Dong yeop Literature Prize for 'Castella'
  • 2007: Lee Hyo seok Literature Prize
  • 2009: Hwang Sun won Literature Prize
  • 2010: Yi Sang Literature Prize
  • 2012: Oh-Yeong-su literary award for the short story Road Kill

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Yang Sung-jin: New-generation writer Park Min-gyu charms Korean readers. In: The Korea Herald . April 6, 2010, accessed August 31, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Park Min-gyu. In: Words without Borders. Accessed August 31, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Jang Kyung-Jin: Filmmaker Hur Jin-ho tries his hand in directing a play. In: Asia Gyeongje. February 11, 2010, accessed August 30, 2020 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Park is the family name here, Min-gyu is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Park, Min-gyu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 박민규 (Korean, Hangeul); 朴 玟 奎 (Korean, Hanja); Bak, Min-gyu (Revised Romanization); Pak, Minkyu (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean author
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulsan , Republic of Korea