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Kim In-suk
Kim Insuk () is a South Korean writer. Life Kim Insuk was born in 1963 in Seoul. She suffered the death of her father when she was five years old. She spent her childhood under the mother of a hostess. She graduated from Jinmyeong Girls' High School and Yonsei University. She is an author from the Korean 386 generation (Coin termed in the early 1990s describing writers who were in their 30s, attended university in the 1980s, and born in the 1960s). She, along with Shin Kyung-sook and Gong Ji-young, is one of the prominent new wave of female writers from that group. Kim began her writing career early, making her literary debut when she had just entered University, at the age of 20 (Korean age in 1983, when she won Chosun Ilbo Literary Contest). She has won all three of Korea's major literary awards, the Yi Sang Literary Award, Dong-in Literary Award, and Daesan, and she has had more than 30 books published. She has also lived in China in this decade; and in Spring 2011 w ...
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Jinmyeong Girls' High School
Jinmyeong Girls' High School () is a private girls high school located in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The school was originally established in 1906 with financial support from princess Consort Eom (Princess Sunheon) as part of king Gojong’s national salvation movement through educational movement. It was called an "imperial school" for this reason. Jinmyeong's purpose was to provide modern, westernized education for girls. In 1910, the Japanese army took over the school during the Japanese occupation of Korea. In 1919 a group of girls, some of whom were students at Jinmyeong started an independence movement against the Japanese occupiers. The school received criticism in 2022 for forcing students to write letters to soldiers, who sexualized the students. Notable alumni *Noh Cheonmyeong, poet attended in the 1920s * Hwang Yun-suk, South Korea's first female judge * Eunha, lead vocalist of K-pop girl group, GFriend Notable faculty *Na Hye-sok feminist, poet, writer, ...
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386 Generation
The 386 Generation (Korean: 386 세대; Simplified Chinese: 世代; ''sampallyuk sedae'') is the generation of South Koreans born in the 1960s who were very active politically as young adults, and instrumental in the democracy movement of the 1980s. The 386 Generation takes a critical view of the United States and a sympathetic view of North Korea. The Hankyoreh, a South Korean left-liberal newspaper, reported that right-wing conservatives in Japan perceive the 386 generation as being " anti-Japanese". Etymology The term was coined in the early 1990s, in reference to what was then the latest computer model, Intel's 386, and referring to people then in their 30s, having attended university in the 1980s, and born in the 1960s. As the time flows, the people in 386 generation are called "486 Generation" in the 2000s and "586 Generation" in the 2010s. History This was the first generation of South Koreans to grow up free from the poverty that had marked South Korea in the recent past. ...
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Shin Kyung-sook
Kyung-Sook Shin, also Shin Kyung-sook or Shin Kyoung-sook (, born 12 January 1963), is a South Korean writer. She was the only South Korean and only woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 for '' Please Look After Mom''. Life Kyung-Sook Shin was born in 1963 in a village near Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province in southern South Korea. She was the fourth child and oldest daughter of six. At sixteen she moved to Seoul, where her older brother lived. She worked in an electronics plant while attending night school. She made her literary debut in 1985 with the novella ''Winter’s Fable'' after graduating from the Seoul Institute of the Arts as a creative writing major. Along with Kim Insuk and Gong Ji-young, Kyung-Sook Shin is one of the group of female writers known as the 386 Generation. Career Kyung-Sook Shin won the Munye Joongang New Author Prize for her novella ''Winter Fables''. She has won a wide variety of literary prizes, including the Today’s Young Artist Award ...
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Yi Sang Literary Award
The Yi Sang Literary Award (이상문학상) is a South Korean literature, South Korean literary award. It is one of South Korea's most prestigious literary awards, named after Yi Sang, an innovative writer in modern Korean literature. The Yi Sang Literary Award was established in 1977. It is sponsored by the Korean publisher Munhaksasangsa and has become one of the most prestigious literary awards in South Korea. Winners *1977 김승옥 Kim Seung-ok, 〈서울의 달빛 0장〉 ''The Moonlight of Seoul'' *1978 이청준 Yi Chong-Jun 〈잔인한 도시〉 ''The Cruel City'' *1979 오정희 Oh Jung-hee 〈저녁의 게임〉 ''Evening Game'' *1980 유재용 Yoo Jae-yong 〈관계〉 ''Relationship'' *1981 박완서 Park Wan-suh, 〈엄마의 말뚝〉 ''Mother’s Hitching Post'' *1982 최인호 Choi In-ho, 〈깊고 푸른 밤〉 ''Deep Blue Night'' *1983 서영은 So Yeong-eun, 〈먼 그대〉 ''Distant You'' *1984 이균영 Lee Kyun-young, 〈어두운 기억의 저편〉 ''The ...
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Dong-in Literary Award
The Dong-in Literary Award ( ko, 동인문학상) is a South Korean literary award named after novelist Kim Dong-in, established in order to praise the literary achievement of The Republic of Korea. In commemoration of the Korean modern literature pioneer, Kim Dong-In, this award is given each year to the novelists with short and mid-length works published in the main Korean literary magazines to promote the creativity of domestic novelists.The Chosun Ilbo:Many Voices, one Heart The award was established in 1955 and is currently run by the Chosun Ilbo ''The Chosun Ilbo'' (, ) is a daily newspaper in South Korea and the oldest daily newspaper in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations w .... Here are the winners since 1956: Winners References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dong-In Literary Award, The South Korean literary awards Fiction awards Awards established in 1955 1955 est ...
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Hankook Ilbo Literary Award
The Hankook Ilbo Literary Award (한국일보문학상) is a South Korean literary award. It is one of South Korea's most prestigious literary awards, established in 1968 by Hankook Ilbo ''Hankook Ilbo'' () is a Korean-language daily newspaper in Seoul, South Korea. As of 2017, it had a daily circulation of about 213,200. It was previously published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, however following an embezzlement scandal in .... It is awarded annually to the creative literary work published within the year. Winners References {{Reflist South Korean literary awards Fiction awards Awards established in 1955 1955 establishments in South Korea ...
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Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award
The company Contemporary Literature (“Hyundae Munhak” in Korean), founded in South Korea in 1954, is one of the leading publishing companies in the literary field and has been publishing the nation's most prestigious monthly literary magazine '' Hyundae Munhak'' and a wide range of books on humanities and arts. Hyundae Munhak also presents annual literary awards, which are among the most prestigious in Korea. About this award, the company says: :The company Contemporary Literature annually honors the year's most outstanding works in fiction, poetry and criticism through its annual Contemporary Literature Prize, one of the most coveted literary awards in Korea, to encourage creative spirit of the literary elites of the nation. :The magazine Contemporary Literature has been playing the role of steering wheel in the history of modern Korean literature, is available in major libraries across the world, and serves as the most reliable source for the study of contemporary Korean lit ...
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Daesan Literary Awards
The Daesan Literary Awards () are one of the most prestigious literary awards in South Korea. Prizes are awarded annually to selected works of poetry, fiction, drama, literary criticism, and translation. As of 2016, each prize includes a monetary award of 50 million '' won''. The award-winning works are often subsequently translated from Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ... to other languages and published overseas. Winners References {{Portal, Literature South Korean literary awards Fiction awards Awards established in 1993 ...
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Hwang Sun-won
Hwang Sun-wŏn (March 26, 1915 – September 14, 2000) was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet."황순원" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Hwang was born while Korea was under Japanese colonial rule in Taedong, South Pyongan, in modern-day North Korea. Hwang Sunwon made his literary debut as a middle school student with the publication in 1931 of his poems “My Dream” (Naui kkum) and “Fear Not, My Son” (Adeura museowo malla) in Eastern Light (Donggwang). Hwang graduated from Waseda University in Japan with a degree in English. During his time at Waseda he founded a theater group called Tokyo Students’ Group for the Arts (Donggyeong haksaeng yesuljwa), along with fellow students Lee Haerang and Kim Dongwon. In November 1934, Hwang Sunwon published his first poetry collection, Wayward Songs (Bangga). Following the division of Korea he lived in the South, becoming a professor at Kyunghee University. Work Hwang published ...
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Korean Literature
Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans, mostly in the Korean language and sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea's 1,500 years of literary history, it was written in Hanja. It is commonly divided into classical and modern periods, although this distinction is sometimes unclear. Korea is home to the world's first metal and copper type, the world's earliest known printed document and the world's first featural script. Korean literature Classical Korean literature has its roots in traditional folk beliefs and folk tales of the Korean peninsula. There are four major traditional poetic forms: hyangga ("native songs"); byeolgok ("special songs"), or changga ("long poems"); sijo ("current melodies"); and gasa ("verses"). Other poetic forms that flourished briefly include the kyonggi-style, in the 14th and 15th centuries, and the akchang ("words for songs") in the 15th century. The most representative akchang is Yongbi och'on ka (1445–47; Songs of F ...
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List Of Korean Novelists
This is a partial list of Korean novelists. A *Ahn Jung-hyo * Ahn Soo-kil B * Bae Su-ah * Baek Minseok *Bang Hyun-seok * Bang Young-ung * Bok Koh-il C *Jeong Chan (author) * Cheon Myeong-kwan * Cho Hae-il *Choi In-ho *Choi Il-nam * Choi In-hun *Choi Soo-cheol *Chae Man-shik *Cho Se-hui * Cho Seon-jak *Cho Sung-ki * Choe Yun *Chun Woon-young G *Gong Ji-young *Gong Sun-ok * Gu Hyo-seo H *Ha Geun-chan *Ha Seong-nan *Hailji *Han Chang-hun *Han Kang * Hyun Kil-Un *Han Mahlsook * Han Moo-sook *Han Sorya * Han Su-san *Heo Gyun * Hong Sung-won *Hwang Suk-young *Hwang Sun-mi *Hwang Sun-won *Hyun Jin-geon I * Im Chul-woo J *Jang Eun-jin *Jang Jeong-il *Jeon Gyeong-rin * Jeon Sang-guk *Jeong Do-sang *Jo Jung-rae *Jo Kyung-ran *Jung Eun-gwol *Jung Ihyun * Jung Hansuk * Jung Mi-kyung * Jung Young-moon K *Kang Kyeong-ae *Kang Sok-Kyong * Kang Younghill *Kang Young-sook * Kim Ae-ran * Kim Byeol-ah * Kim Chae-won *Kim Chi-won * Kim Dong-in *Kim Dong-ni * Kim Gu-yong * Kim G ...
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