Han Soosan (born 1946) () is a South Korean writer.

Early years

Born on November 13, 1946 in Inje, Gangwan-do, Han Soosan graduated from Chuncheon High School and initially went to college at the Chuncheon College of Education in 1965, from which he transferred to

Kyunghee University Kyung Hee University (abbreviated to KHU) (Hangul: 경희대학교; Hanja: 慶熙大學校) is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. Founded in 1949, it is widely regarded as one of the best universities i ...

, where he graduated with a degree in Korean Literature.LTI Korea Library
/ref> A key moment in Han's life was in 1981 when he contributed to a serialized novel that satirized then Korean president Chun Doo-hwan. Han, as well as other newspaper workers, was rounded up and tortured by the government. In 1998, he moved to Japan for four years, where he wrote several stories about Korean residents of Japan. Han teaches Korean Literature at Sejong University.

Work

Han Soosan is known in Korea for his delicate and expressive writing style. Han made his debut as a poet and began publishing works of fiction in the early 1970s. In 1972 his short story "The End of April" won the Dong-a Daily literary contest. He also won the Korea Daily prize in 1973 for his novel "A Morning in the Season of Reconciliation," and in 1977 won the "Today's Writer Prize" for his work "Floating Weeds." In 1984 he won the Nogwon Literature Prize and in 1991 the Contemporary Literature Prize. Han calls his novel Raven his "life's work." It is a multi-volume epic following the lives of Korean men conscripted by the Japanese during the colonial era. It has not been translated into English.

Works in Translation

* Floating Grass (Dong-suh-Mu Seoul, 1990; translated by

Kim Seong-Kon Kim Seong-Kon ( ko, 김성곤; born 9 August 1949 in South Korea), also known as Seong-Kon Kim, is a South Korean academic, literary critic, film critic, columnist, editor and writer. Kim was the president of the LTI Korea (Literature Translatio ...

) * Ende einer Vorstellung (Pendragon, 1999) * لعشب العائم (부초) (카이로대학 출판부, 2006) * 軍艦島 (까마귀) (作品社, 2009)LTI Korea Library
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Works in Korean (Partial)

* ''The Morning of the Thawing Season'' (Haebing-gi-ui Achim, 1973) * ''Floating Grass'' (Bucho, 1977) * ''The End of April'' (Sawol-ui Kkeut 1978) * ''The Street of Desire'' (Yonmang-ui Geori, 1981) * ''A Street Musician'' (Geori-ui Aksa, 1986) * ''The Wooden Horse that Went to Sea'' (Bada-ro Gan Mokma, 1989) * ''A Horserider Passeth'' (Maltan Ja-neun Jingada, 1998)

Awards

* Nogwon Literature Prize (1984) *

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 ' ...

(1991)

References

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