Seo Yeong-eun explained
| Seo Yeong-eun |
| Birth Date: | 18 May 1943 |
| Language: | Korean |
| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Module: | | Hangul: | 서영은 | | Hanja: | 徐永恩 | | Rr: | Seo Yeong-eun | | Mr: | Sŏ Yŏngŭn | | Hangula: | 서보영 | | Hanjaa: | 徐保永 | | Rra: | Seo Boyeong | | Mra: | Sŏ Poyŏng | | Child: | yes |
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Seo Yeong-eun (; born May 18, 1943) is a South Korean writer.[1]
Life
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
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 for her short story "The Distant Other" (1983)
- Yeonam Literary Prize for A Window with a Ladder (1990)
External links
- Review of A Walk in the Mountains at KTLIT
Notes and References
- "서영은" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do#
- Book: Seo, Yeong-en . A Walk in the Mountains . New York . Hollym . 2004 . 978-1565912052.
- "Kim Yeong-en" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do#
- Web site: Choosing between life and art . . 3 July 2022 . en . 23 September 2011.
