Ahn Junghyo (This is the author's preferred Romanization per LTI Korea) is a South Korean novelist and literary translator."안정효" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do#

Life

He was born December 2, 1941, in

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, where he graduated from

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with a BA in

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in 1965. He worked as an English-language writer for the ''

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'' in 1964, and later served as a director for the ''

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'' in 1975-1976. He was Editorial Director for the Korean Division of ''

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'' from 1971 to 1974. He made his debut as a translator in 1975, when he published a

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translation of '' One Hundred Years of Solitude'' by

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which was serialized in the monthly '. From that time until the late 1980s, he translated approximately 150 foreign works into Korean.

Work

His first novel was ''Of War and the Metropolis'', now known as ''White War'' (''하얀전쟁''), which was published in 1983 to a chilly critical reception. It discussed his experiences as a

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soldier in the

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. He translated it into English and had it published in the United States, where it was released by SoHo Publishing in 1989 under the title ''The White Badge''. In 1992 it was also made into a film, '' White Badge'', shot on location in Vietnam. The book was then reissued in Korea as ''White War'' in 1993, and was received much more favorably than before.

Works in Korean

*'' White Badge'' (1983/1989) *''Autumn Sea People'' (가을바다 사람들) (1993) *'' Silver Stallion'' (1990) *''

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'' (헐리우드키드의 생애) (1992)

Awards

* (1992)

References

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