Seo Yeong-eun (
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: 서영은; born May 18, 1943) is a South Korean writer.
Life
Born in
Gangneung
Gangneung () is a municipal city in the province of Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 213,658 (as of 2017).Gangneung City (2003)Population & Households. Retrieved January 14, 2006. Gangneung is the economic ...
,
Gangwon-do, Seo graduated from Gangneung Teacher Training School in 1961 and entered
Konkuk University
Konkuk University () is a South Korean private university founded in 1946. The university was founded based on three virtues: sincerity, fidelity, and righteousness.
Konkuk University gives comprehensive education in agricultural and life scien ...
in 1963 to study English Language and Literature. However she left the university in 1965. 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. In 1983, she published a novella, ''The Distant Other'', which won the
Yi Sang Literary Award The Yi Sang Literary Award (이상문학상) is a 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 estab ...
.
Works in translation
* A Walk in the Mountains
Works in Korean (partial)
;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
*
Yi Sang Literature Prize The Yi Sang Literary Award (이상문학상) is a 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 estab ...
for her short story "The Distant Other" (1983)
* Yeonam Literary Prize for ''A Window with a Ladder'' (1990)
References
External links
*Review of A Walk in the Mountains a
KTLIT
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1943 births
South Korean writers
Living people
People from Gangneung
Gangneung–Wonju National University alumni