Yun Hu-myeong

Yun Hu-myeong
Hangeul	윤후명
Hanja	尹 厚 明
Revised Romanization	Yun Hu-myeong
McCune- Reischauer	Yun Humyŏng
See also : Korean name

Yun Humyong (born January 17, 1946 in Kangnŭng , Kangwon-do ) is a South Korean writer .

Life

Yun Humyong was 1946 in Kangnung in the province of Kangwon born. In 1956, the family moved to Taejŏn because of the transfer of his father, a judicial officer in the military, and to Seoul through Park Chung-hee following the May 16, 1962 military coup . For Yun, Seoul was a place where he felt strange and lonely, and it was through this feeling that his tendency to write developed. At first he wrote poetry and applied with his poetry and prose for writing activities at the school magazine "Hakwon". He was initially unable to assert himself against his father, who had always seen his son professionally as his successor, and studied law instead of Korean literature.

In 1965 he began studying philosophy at Yonsei University in Seoul. But his interest in philosophy was temporary. He socialized with his literary friends, wrote other poems and wrote himself as a guest student at the Sorabol Art School in order to enjoy the liberal, literary atmosphere there. In 1967, when he was 21 years old, his poem Der Gletschervogel was awarded the prize for young writers by the daily newspaper Kyŏnghyang sinmun , and his career as a writer began. In 1969 he published the booklet of the literary circle The Seventies and began working for the Samjŏngdang publishing house. Over the next decade, he worked for several publishing houses while he was writing. In 1977 his first volume of poetry, Masters in Archery, was published .

After twelve years of poetic creation, he began to write prose. His short story grave work was awarded the 1979 prize for young writers by the daily Hankook Ilbo . In 1980 he published the magazine of the literary group The Writers , and then other stories appeared, including a. Love in Dunhuang , All the stars play music , The memory of the Alhambra , depicting the urge to escape from monotonous, stuffy everyday life into the landscape of antiquity and the mystical realm of fantasy.

In the 1980s, when the Korean literary landscape was mainly characterized by realism , he created his extraordinary literary world, which is not directly burdened by reality. He went on a world tour. In 1983 he was a member of the delegation of the Ministry of Culture and Information on cultural tours in France, Italy, India, Indonesia and Singapore. The key theme of his novels was self-discovery through temporal change in foreign space.

Work

Korean

stories

• 돈황 의 사랑 ( Love in Dunhuang ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1982
• 부활 하는 새 ( Phoenix ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1985
• 모든 별 들은 음악 소리 를 낸다 ( All Stars Play Music ) Seoul: Korea Media 1987
• 원숭이 는 없다 ( There are no monkeys ) Seoul: Minŭmsa 1989
• 약속 없는 세대 ( Generation without an appointment ) Seoul: Segyesa 1989
• 알함브라 궁전 의 추억 ( The Memory in Alhambra ) Seoul: Nanam 1990
• 협궤 열차 ( The Narrow Gauge Train ) Seoul: Ch'ang 1992

Novels

• 이별 의 노래 ( The Farewell Song) Seoul: Munhak sasangsa 1995
• 오늘 은 내일 의 젊은 날 ( Today is the young day of tomorrow ) Seoul: Chakka chŏngsin 1996
• 여우 사냥 ( The Fox Hunt ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1997

Volumes of poetry

• 명궁 ( Archery Master ) Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1997
• 홀로 가는 사람 ( single runner) Seoul: Haengnim 1986
• 홀로 등불 을 상처 위에 켜다 ( You light the lamplight on the wound by yourself) Seoul: Minŭmsa Co. 1992

Translations

German

• There are no monkeys in: At the end of time , Bielefeld: Pendragon 1999 ISBN 978-3-92909-684-2

French

• L'amour de Dunhuang Arles: Actes Sud 1993

Awards

• 2007 - Kim Tong-ni Literature Prize
• 2002 - Isu Literature Prize
• 1995 - Yi Sang Literature Prize
• 1994 - Prize for Contemporary Literature
• 1985 - Hankook Ilbo Literature Prize
• 1984 - Prize for prose literature
• 1983 - Nokwŏn Literature Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 윤후명 ( 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 July 29, 2013. 
2. ↑ Naver: People: 윤후명 , accessed July 29, 2013 (Korean).
3. ↑ LTI Korea: Author Database: Yun Hu-myeong ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 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 17, 2013. 
4. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Yun Hu-myeong ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 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 17, 2013 (Korean). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Yun is the family name here, Hu-myeong is the first name.