Lee Ze-ha

Lee Ze -ha or Lee Je- ha ( born April 20, 1937 in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam -do) is a South Korean writer, poet and painter.

  • 3.2.1 English
  • 3.2.2 French

Life

The Lee -ha's childhood was marked by the experience of the Korean War and the education of his dominant father. In the Masan - high school influenced him as poet Kim Chun -soo and Kim Sang -ok, and painters such as Chun Hyuk -lim and Kang Sin -suk, who also taught there. In 1956 he began at Hongik University with a degree in sculpture and in 1957 he entered the literary world.

With his poem The sunset he debuted on the recommendation of the poet's Seo Jung -joo in the literary journal " Hyundaimunhak " ( Modern Literature ). With the award by the literary magazine " Shintaeyang " ( New Sun ) for his short story The Yellow Dog, his reputation grew as a novelist. 1961 his short story won the hand with the award for young writers of the daily newspaper " Hankuk Ilbo, " ( The daily Korea ). His living he earned as an illustrator for daily newspapers and magazines, and he published more poems and short stories in various literary journals.

1973 be existing from fourteen short stories first volume of stories appeared, the plant food. The book has received high praise by literary critics and provoked a great response from the readers and the success of which made ​​for a general recovery of the literary publications in the 70s. Shortly after the publication of his narrative bands wrote the literary critic Kim Hyun in the literary journal " Hyundaimunhak " the review " The liberation of the deviation and the complex", from which a theory of the literature by Lee Je- ha created by the critics the madness of figures by Lee Je- ha looked at in terms of the social significance.

The following year, 1974, the writer took care of public attention when he refused the prize of the literary magazine " Hyundaimunhak " for his short story The plant food. The justification cited is that the power struggles of the renowned writer had disappointed him. In 1984 he published his most important story A hiker does not linger on the way, for which he was awarded a year later on the 9th Yi Sang Literature Prize. In 1987 she was the director of Lee Jang -ho filmed (English title The Man With Three Coffins ).

In the same year his novel The insane painter, for which he received the Literature Prize of the daily newspaper, " Hankuk Ilbo, " and was described by the literary critic Kim Yoon -sik as a literary victory The Lee -ha. In 1988 he published the novel The Girl Yooja, a revised version of his earlier short story The Short biography of Yooja. Following the publication of the novel The Wedding sleet 1990 he put a rest period in his literary work.

From 1997, however, people began after a revision by the writer, to republish the story collections by Lee Je- ha. With the release of the new narrative band The venom insect, which provoked much discussion, again shows the presence of the writer in the literary world. From 1999, he taught creative writing at the Myongji University.

Family

His daughter I- Yun Hyeong (1976 ) is also active as a writer since 2005.

Working

Korean

Collections of short stories

  • 초식 ( The plant eating ) Seoul: Minumsa 1973
  • 기차, 기선, 바다, 하늘 ( train, steamer, sea and sky ) Seoul: Hongsungsa 1978
  • 용 (龙) ( The Dragon ) Seoul: Moonhak kwa JISUNG Sa 1986
  • 나그네 는 길 에서 쉬지 않는다 ( A hiker does not dwell on the way ) Seoul: Munhakdongne 1999
  • 이제하 소설 전집 ( short stories by Lee Zeha ) Seoul: Publishing Munhakdongne 1997
  • 독충 ( The poison insect) Seoul: Publishing Segysa 2001

Novels

  • 광 화사 ( The insane painter) Seoul: Munhak Sasangsa 1987
  • 열망 ( Desire 1-2) Seoul: Munhakdongne 1997
  • 소녀 유자 ( The girl Yooja ) Seoul: Korea 1988
  • 소녀 유자 ( The girl Yooja ) is a novelisation of the story
  • 유자 약전 removed ( The Biography of Yooja ) from the first collection of short stories The plant food
  • 진눈깨비 결혼 ( Wedding in the snow rain) Seoul: Chungmek 1990
  • 나그네 는 길 에서도 쉬지 않는다 ( A hiker does not dwell on the way ) Munhakdongnae 1999
  • 풍경 의 내부 ( The inside of the landscape ) Seoul: Jakkajungsin 2000

Translations

English

  • A traveler never stops on the Road Korean Literature Today Volume 2, No.1, April 1997
  • Régime végétarien Zulma 2005

Awards

  • 2008 - 11 Tongri Literature Prize
  • 1999 - 09 Pyŏnun Literature Prize
  • 1985 - 09 Yi Sang Literature Prize
  • 1961 - Sinch'un Munye ibson
  • 1959 - Sin T'ae -yang Roman Price
  • 1953 - 01 Hakwŏn Literature Prize
Revised Romanization of Korean McCune–Reischauer Kim Sang-ok Yi Sang Literary Award
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