Kang Sok-kyong

Kang Sok - kyong ( born January 10, 1951 in Daegu ) is a South Korean writer.

Life

Kang Sok - kyong was born in 1951 in the city of Daegu and studied sculpture at the Ewha Womans University.

In 1974 she got her first works for the root ( KUN) and Open Game ( Opŭn germ ) the " Munhak Sasang " ( Literary Thought) Prize for debutants. Since then she has written works, in which the figures are characterized subtle. The protagonists suffer from their living conditions that make it impossible for them to find the truth in life. Therefore, the figures make the search for redemption.

To date, the author has published seven collections of short stories and novels. The blue time, The night and the cradle, The room in the forest, the valley near, The stars in the sky over Lhasa, The deep staircase in me, The rice grain small Buddha and two volumes of essays report of a trip to India and The Way to the barrows. Rails are also an anthology about the interviews she has conducted with some artists, under the title of the end of work artist and a book of fairy tales for adults: Toto, who went to India.

If a woman who has studied sculpture, nevertheless opts for the literary world, she would have had a special incentive. "But no, it was just a coincidence ," she says. Before that, she would never have had the dream of becoming a writer. In the fourth year at the University she knew because of the bankruptcy of her father does not know how to raise the tuition fees. They became aware of the literary competition By coincidence, which was announced by the university newspaper and took part in it. That was the beginning of her literary career. Those who have recorded their debut positive, were delighted with this happy coincidence. Since then she has published works in which the characters such as their favorite authors, Pak Kyong -ni, Hong Myeong -hi and Dostoevsky deal with the serious side of life, the dignity of women and mental conflicts. Although she moved from the visual arts in the literature, but still deals with the same question she has faced since the study of sculpture: What are artists or what is art?

The will to weed out the trivialities of everyday life and just stand in front of the essence, is a theme that runs through all her writings like a red thread. " The sculpture reduces the design to the essentials. The modeling with clay also. It brings sound to a character and must remove him at the same time. [ ... ] When I write, I keep thinking, what words shall I paint. It may be a habit that I have unconsciously learned in the modeling. Everything has to be necessary, so I always have to remove the odd part. Whether literature or sculpture, when it comes to express something that they are identical. Nevertheless, literature can be expressed more concretely with the medium of language as a sculpture. "

The writer, addicted to traveling and books that bring them to enlightenment, hoping to be able to a novel about the utopia, the eternal dream of the people write, in a village community in South India.

Working

  • The night and the cradle ( Pam - gwa Yoram, Mineum 1978 /2008) ISBN 2002-3740-0423-1
  • Artist at work ( Ilhanŭn Yesulga module, Yŏlhwadang, 1986) ISBN 9788-9301-0937-6
  • The room in the forest ( Su'psok UI Pang, Mineum 1986 /2005) ISBN 8937-4201-47
  • The blue time ( Ch'ŏngsaek sidae, Hanbŏt, 1989) ISBN 2007-9650-0058-6
  • TtoTto in India (Indo- ro Kan Ttotto, Yŏllimwŏn 2000/ 2008) ISBN 8985-2474-25
  • The valley near ( Kakkaun Koljjagi, Mineum, 1992) ISBN 8937-4004-21
  • The stars in the sky over Lhasa ( Sesang UI Pyŏl -Un Ta Rasi -e Ttŭnda, Sallim, 1996) ISBN 8985-5775-06
  • The deep staircase in me ( Nae -ui to Kipŭn Kyedan ​​, Ch'angjak Kwabi Pyŏngsa, 1999) ISBN 9788-9364-3334-5
  • Am I come too far? (Na now NOMU Molli Wasseulkka in the 2001 Nyon Che -8 - 21- Hoe Segi Munhaksang Susang Chakp'umjip, Isu, 2001) ISBN 8988-0470-87
  • Travelogues from India (Indo Kihaeng, Mineum, 2001) ISBN 9788-9374-0068-1
  • Residue ( Mibul, Mineum, 2004) ISBN 8937-4803-60
  • Kang Sok - Kyong 's walk through Kyŏngju ( Kang Sok - Kyong -ui Kyŏngju Sanch'aek, Yŏllimwŏn, 2004) ISBN 9788-9706-3436-4
  • Why am I writing literature? (Na Wae now Munhak -ul Hanŭnga, Yŏlhwadang, 2004) ISBN 9788-9301-0087-8
  • The temple, which remains in my heart ( Nae Maum -e namun Chol, San Ch'ŏrŏm, 2007) ISBN 9788-9900-6221-5
  • The room on the water ( Mulsok UI Pang in Sosŏl Hanguk -ui Olgul 1980-1989, purun Sasang, 2008) ISBN 9788-9564-0619-0
  • The Sacred Spring ( Bom Sinsŏnghan, Mineum, 2012) ISBN 9788-9374-8609-8

Translations

German

  • Behind glass ( narrative) in: Korean Stories ( dtv, 2005)

English

  • The Valley Nearby (Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann Asia, 1997)
  • Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers ( Seattle, The Seal Press, 1989 )

Awards

Revised Romanization of Korean McCune–Reischauer Park Kyung-ni Integrated Authority File
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