Seo Yeong-eun

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In this Korean name, the family name is Seo.
Seo Yeong-eun
At SIBF 2014
At SIBF 2014
Born (1943-05-18) May 18, 1943 (age 81)
LanguageKorean
NationalitySouth Korean
Korean name
Hangul
서영은
Hanja
徐永恩
Revised RomanizationSeo Yeong-eun
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Yŏngŭn
Childhood name
Hangul
서보영
Hanja
徐保永
Revised RomanizationSeo Boyeong
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Poyŏng

Seo Yeong-eun (Korean: 서영은; born May 18, 1943) is a South Korean writer.[1]

Life

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Born 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

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  • A Walk in the Mountains

Works in Korean (partial)

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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

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  • Yi Sang Literature Prize for her short story "The Distant Other" (1983)
  • Yeonam Literary Prize for A Window with a Ladder (1990)

References

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  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ Seo, Yeong-en (2004). A Walk in the Mountains. New York: Hollym. ISBN 978-1565912052.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "Choosing between life and art". The Korea Herald. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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  • Review of A Walk in the Mountains at KTLIT
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