Hwang Tong-gyu

Hwang Tong-gyu
Hangeul	황동규
Hanja	黃東奎
Revised Romanization	Hwang Dong-gyu
McCune- Reischauer	Hwang Tong-gyu
See also : Korean name

Hwang Tong-gyu (born April 9, 1938 in Sukch'ŏn district , P'yŏngan-namdo ) is a South Korean poet .

Life

Hwang Tong-gyu was born as the eldest son of four children of the writer Hwang Sun-won . He grew up near Pyongyang until the family moved to Seoul in 1946 . He belongs to the generation of Koreans who experienced both Japanese colonial rule and the Korean War .

In 1956 he published the cycle of poems Happy Letters , which is still known in Korea, in a school newspaper . In 1957 he began studying at Seoul National University . A year later, at the age of 20, he made his debut in the well-known literary magazine "Zeitgenössische Literatur" (Hyŏndae munhak). In 1966 he was given the opportunity to study at Edinburgh University, and then became a professor at Seoul National University.

Burial on the wind is one of Hwang Tong-gyu's best-known series of poems .

In his early poetry he depicts a certain feeling of longing and expectation through the use of melancholy landscapes, such as B. in October (Si-wol) and Happy Letters (Chŭlgŏun p'yŏnji). He tried to overcome his troubled feelings by accepting his fate. His work Elegy (Piga) is written from the perspective of a wanderer or an outcast to illustrate the conflict between 'ego' and 'reality'. This work marks the author's first foray away from abstraction towards literary exploration of concrete reality. By giving up his previous distancing from reality, he took up as a subject the suffering of people who lead tragic lives. His works Peace Song (Taepyŏngga), Snow in Samnam (Samnam-e naeri-nŭn nun) and Yŏrha ilgi illustrate the use of irony in the poet's narrative voice.

Work

Korean

• 어떤 개인 날 A clear day . Seoul: Chungang munhwasa 1961
• 비가 elegy . Seoul: Ch'angusa 1965
• 태평가 Peace song (Well-tempered 1: volume of poems by three poets: Hwang Tong-gyu, Ma Jong-gi and Kim Yong-tae). Seoul: Hyŏndae munhak publishing house 1968
• 열하 일기 China Diary (Well-Tempered 2). Seoul: Hyŏndae munhak publishing house 1972
• 삼남 에 내리는 눈 Snow in Samnam . Seoul: Minŭmsa 1975
• 나는 바퀴 를 보면 굴리고 싶어 진다 I want to roll it when I see a wheel . Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1978
• 열하 일기 China Diary . Seoul: Chisik sanŏpsa 1982
• 풍장 Wind burial . Seoul: Nanam 1984
• 악어 를 조심 하라고 Should I watch out for the crocodiles? Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1986
• 견딜 수 없이 가벼운 존재 들 The unbearably light beings . Seoul: Munhak-kwa pip'yŏngsa 1988
• 몰운대 행 Trip to Molundae . Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1991
• 풍장 Wind burial . Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1995
• 외계인 Aliens . Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1996

Translations

German

• Burial on the wind . Thunum / Ostfriesland: Edition Peperkorn 1996 ISBN 978-3-929181-09-8
• The chime of the bell of Bad Honnef / Berlin-Wannsee / The Rhine / Anchor place / Peace song / Snow under martial law , in: die horen , magazine for literature, art and criticism, 41st year, 4/96

English

• Strong Winds at Mishi Pass . Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press 2001
• Wind burial . Laurinburg, NC: St. Andrews Press 1990

French

• Les racines d'amour . Belfort: Circé 2000

Spanish

• Posada de Nubes y otros poemas . Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 1998

Award

• 2016 - Ho Am Prize for Art
• 2011 - Ku Sang Literature Prize
• 2006 - Manhae Prize
• 2003 - Hongjo kŭnjŏng Order
• 2002 - Midang Literature Prize
• 1995 - Taesan Literature Prize
• 1991 - Isan Literature Prize from Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa Publishing House
• 1991 - Kim Chong-sam liter price
• 1988 - Yŏnam Literature Prize
• 1980 - Korean Literature Prize
• 1968 - Prize for Contemporary Literature

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Naver 지식 백과: 두산 백과: 황동규 , accessed August 9, 2013 (Korean).
2. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Hwang Tong-gyu  ( 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. , accessed August 6, 2013 (Korean).  
3. ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Hwang Dong-gyu  ( 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. , accessed on August 6, 2013.  

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Hwang is the family name here, Tong-gyu is the first name.