Seo Yeong-eun (Korean: 서영은; born May 18, 1943) is a South Korean writer.[1]
Seo Yeong-eun | |
|---|---|
 At SIBF 2014 | |
| Born | May 18, 1943 |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 서영은 |
| Hanja | 徐永恩 |
| Revised Romanization | Seo Yeong-eun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Yŏngŭn |
| Childhood name | |
| Hangul | 서보영 |
| Hanja | 徐保永 |
| Revised Romanization | Seo Boyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Poyŏng |
Life
editBorn in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, Seo graduated from Gangneung Teacher Training School in 1961 and entered Konkuk University in 1963 to study English Language and Literature. However she left the university in 1965.[2] In 1968, her short story, "Bridge" (Gyo) was accepted for publication by World of Thoughts (Sasanggye) and the following year, "I and 'I'" (Nawa 'na') was published in Monthly Literature (Wolgan munhak). She also worked as an editor for Literature and Thought (Munhaksasang) and reported for Korean Literature (Hanguk munhak), under the editorship of Lee Mungu.[3] In 1983, she published a novella, The Distant Other, which won the Yi Sang Literary Award.[4]
Works in translation
edit- A Walk in the Mountains
Works in Korean (partial)
edit- Short story collections
- How To Cross a Desert (1977)
- A Festival of Flesh and Bones (Sal gwa ppyeoui chukje, 1978)
- Tagger, Tagger (1981)
- Golden Feather (Hwanggeum gitteol, 1984)
- The End of the River (Gangmurui kkeut, 1984)
- A Window with a Ladder (Sadariga noin chang, 1990)
- From Road to Oceanside (Gireseo badatkaro, 1992)
- From Dream Road to Dream Road (Kkumgireseo kkeumgillo, 1995).
Awards
edit- Yi Sang Literature Prize for her short story "The Distant Other" (1983)
- Yeonam Literary Prize for A Window with a Ladder (1990)
References
edit- ^ "서영은" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Seo, Yeong-en (2004). A Walk in the Mountains. New York: Hollym. ISBN 978-1565912052.
- ^ "Kim Yeong-en" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Choosing between life and art". The Korea Herald. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
External links
edit- Review of A Walk in the Mountains at KTLIT