Kim Won-il

Kim Won- il ( born March 15, 1942 in Gimhae, in the sub-province Keisho - nando, Chosen Province, at that time the Japanese Empire, present-day South Korea ) is a South Korean writer who has won many literary awards. Many of his works have been translated into English, French and German language.

Life

His father was a communist activist, who retired in the already politically communist -dominated northern part of the Korean peninsula and Kim Won- il and his mother and siblings left behind alone in the south. Not only the position of a deserted wife was there at that time very poor, but also that of their children. Then there was the political pressure, as the family was due to the political sentiments of the father constantly spying. He studied at the Daegu - Agriculture - High - School, and finally literature in bachelor's degree program at the University Sorabol and Yeungnam University, and then Korean literature in the master 's program at Dankook University. He belonged to the first generation of Japanese colonial rule, which again Hangeul, the Korean script learned. He experienced the April Revolution in 1960 actively.

In 1966 he won with his short story Algeria in 1961 a contest of Daegu Daily, this was at the same time his debut as a writer. The following year, his story festival of darkness in the Hyeondae Munhak was published.

Since 2013, Kim worked in the Creative Writing Department at Sunchon National University, where he worked with the Korean poet Kwak Jae -gu.

Family

His brother Kim Wonu is also active as a writer.

Topics

Classic Theme with Kim Won- il is the division of Korea after the Korean War ( 1950-1953 ). His main characters often spin helplessly in the historical undertow back and forth and become victims of their circumstances.

Works

Korean

Novels

  • 푸른 혼 The blue soul (Seoul: Irum, 2005)
  • The firs ( 3rd edition, Seoul: Irum, 2002)
  • 슬픈 시간 의 기억 memories of sad times (Seoul: Munhak Kwa JISUNG Sa, 2001)
  • 히로시마 의 불꽃 The fire in Hiroshima ( Seoul: Munhak Kwa JISUNG Sa, 2002)
  • 가족 The Family ( Volume I, II, Seoul: Munidang, 2000)
  • 사랑 아, 길 을 묻는다 love, I ask for directions (Seoul: Munidang, 1998)
  • 불의 제전 The Festival of Fire ( 7 volumes, Seoul: Munhak Kwa JISUNG Sa, 1997)
  • 아우라지 로 가는 길 The road to Aurasi (2 volumes, Seoul: Munhak Kwa JISUNG Sa, 1996)
  • 마당 깊은 집 The House on deep yard ( Seoul: Munhak Kwa JISUNG Sa, 1988)
  • 깊은 골 큰 산 The deep valley of high mountain ( Seoul: Jakkajungssin, 1987)
  • 겨울 골짜기 The wintry valley (2 volumes, Seoul: Minumsa Co., 1987)
  • 바람 과 강 wind and water ( Seoul: Munhak Kwa JISUNG Sa, 1985)
  • 어둠 의 사슬 The black chain (Seoul: Koryowon, 1980)
  • 노을 The Afterglow (Seoul: Munhak Kwa JISUNG Sa, 1978)
  • 어둠 의 축제 The black solid (Seoul: Yemunkwan, 1975)
  • 어둠 의 혼 The Spirit of Darkness ( 1967)

Collections of short stories

  • 물방울 하나 떨어지면 If a drop of water falls (Seoul: Munidang, 2004)
  • 세월 의 너울 The Years (Seoul: Sol, 19960 )
  • 그곳에 이르는 먼 길 The long way until then (Seoul: Hyungdaesosolsa, 1992)
  • 이상 문학상 수상 작품집 The cell of the Soul: The Collected Works of Yi Sang Literature Prize winner (Seoul: Munhaksasangsa, 1990)
  • 환멸 을 찾아서 The search for the disappointment (Seoul: Dongseomunhwasa, 1984)
  • 도요새 에 관한 명상 meditation on Plover ( Seoul: Hongsongsa, 1979)
  • 오늘 부는 바람 The wind blowing today (Seoul: Munhak Kwa JISUNG Sa, 1976)

Translations into German

Awards

  • 2012 - Ungwan Medal for Cultural Merit
  • 2005 - 20 Manhae Literature Prize
  • 2003 - 10 Isu literary prize
  • 2002 - 34 Art Prize of the Republic of Korea
  • 2002 - 02 Hwangsunwŏn Literature Prize
  • 1998 - 10 Isan Literary Award
  • 1998 - 03 Han Mu -suk Literature Prize
  • 1997 - Yongnam University Charangsŭrŏn Yong Dae- in price
  • 1993 - 03 Sorabol Literature Prize
  • 1992 - Ugyŏng Arts and Literature Prize
  • 1991 - Christian Culture Award
  • 1990 - 14 Yi Sang Literature Prize
  • 1987 - 08 Yosan Literature Prize
  • 1984 - 16 Tongin Literature Prize
  • 1979 - Korean Ch'angjak Literature Prize
  • 1978 - Korean literature prize in the President
  • 1978 - 04 Korean fiction price
  • 1974 - 20 Hyŏndae Literature Prize
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