Yi Mun-yol

Yi Mun - yol ( born May 18, 1948 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean writer. Yi is one of the most significant and most widely read Korean contemporary writers. His novels and short stories have been translated into many languages.

Life

Yi Mun - yol was born shortly before the outbreak of the Korean War. 1951 the father left the family and ran across to the north. This should characterize Yi's biography crucial because the family was from then on as a politically stigmatized and often was under police surveillance, his academic career was difficult. The visit to the high school in Andong he broke off to make up for his degree after a long illness and homelessness. In 1968 he passed the entrance examination of the Seoul National University (Seoul National University ) and studied until 1970 Koreanistik. In 1970 he left the university because he was no longer able to continue to retain his post as a tutor, who had secured him the necessary living expenses. He decided to become a civil servant. He could but needed for this test does not exist on several occasions and so he joined the military in 1973.

After his three years of service he worked as a lecturer and journalist. In 1977 he won the literary competition of Daegu Daily with the short story " Do you know Nazaré? " ( 나자 레 를 아십니까 ). Two years later he won the literary competition of the Dong -a Ilbo, with his novella front song. In the same year, " Son of Man" ( 사람 의 아들 ) was published. In 1979 he had with the story " Saehagok " ( 새 하곡 ,塞 下 曲) his breakthrough as a writer. He got the prize for young writers and created more stories and novels, which have won several awards. In the following years he published " estuary " ( 하구 ), "The sweet days of our youth " ( 우리 기쁜 젊은 날 ), " That Winter" ( 그해 겨울 ), and the three-volume " Portrait of Youth Days " ( 젊은 날 의 초상 ) and in 1983 " Lethe's Love Song " ( 레테 의 연가 ,恋歌). Followed in 1988, " Anyone who has covered wings" ( 추락 하는 것은 날개 가 있다 ). The early works that dealt with the dilemma of life and the idea of ​​romantic love, were very popular especially with younger readers.

From 1994 to 1997 he taught Korean language and literature at the Sejong University and since 1999 has been head of the Buak literature center. Yi Mun - yols literary work has won several awards. He received the 1982 Tong- in Literature Prize, 1987 Yi Sang Literary Prize, the 1992 Hyundae Literature Prize, the Korean Prize for Literature and Art and the French Order of Merit for Culture and Literature. 1998 Literature Prize for the 21st century and 1999, it was " Ho -Am Prize in the Arts " awarded. Later he built a small academy, where he trains poet.

Works (excerpt)

  • 사람 의 아들 ( Son of Man ) Seoul: Minumsa 1979
  • 그해 겨울 ( Winter that year ) Seoul: Minumsa 1980
  • ( You'll never come home ) Seoul: Minumsa 1980
  • 젊은 날 의 초상 ( youth ) Seoul: Minumsa 1981
  • 황제 를 위하여 ( The Emperor ) Seoul: Dongkwang 1982
  • ( The bird with golden wings ) Seoul: Dong Suh Press 1983
  • 레테 의 연가 (恋歌) (Love Song of Lethe ) Seoul: JoongAng Ilbo 1983
  • 영웅 시대 ( Age of Heroes ) Seoul: Minumsa 1984
  • 아가 (雅歌) (Heroes vocals) Seoul: The Open Books 1987
  • 추락 하는 것은 날개 가 있다 Seoul ( Everyone who falls, wings ): Yes Yu Moon Hak Sa 1988
  • 여우 사냥 ( The Fox Hunt ) Seoul: Salim 1995
  • 선택 (selection) Seoul: Minumsa 1997

Films

  • 근초고왕 ( King Kŭnch'ogo ) 2010
  • 굿바이 서울 신파 ​​( Goodbye Seoul Shinpa ) 1993
  • 우리들 의 일그러진 영웅 (Our hero warped ) 1992
  • 젊은 날 의 초상 ( Portrait of youth ) 1990
  • 황제 를 위하여 ( The Emperor! ) 1989
  • 추락 하는 것은 날개 가 있다 ( Everything falls, has wings ) 1989
  • 구로 아리랑 ( Kuro Arirang ) 1989
  • 레테 의 연가 ( retes Love Song ) 1987
  • 다른 시간 다른 장소 ( At another time, in another place ) 1983
  • 안개 마을 (village in the Mist) 1982
  • 사람 의 아들 ( Son of Man ) 1980

Translations

German

  • The flawed hero. Pendragon, Bielefeld 1999, ISBN 3-929096-73-0, 1992 filmed
  • Youth. Pendragon, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-934872-74-3
  • The Emperor! Wallenstein Verlag, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0362-1
  • The bird with golden wings. Bonn: Bouvier Verlag Herbert Grundmann 1986
  • The pig of Philo. In: The listen. Journal of Literature, Art and Criticism, Vol 41, 4/96
  • The poet ( Kor. 시인 ) Frankfurt aM: Suhrkamp 2010

Some of his stories are available in collected editions are available, including:

  • Fortified singing. In: Friedhelm Bertulies (ed. ): The sympathy of the goldfish. New stories from South Korea. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-518-41719-3

English

  • The Poet London: The Harvill Press 1995
  • Our Twisted Hero Seoul: Minumsa 1995
  • The Golden Phoenix: Seven Contemporary Korean Short Stories Boulder: Lynne Rienner 1999
  • An Appointment with My Brother Seoul: Jimoondang 2002
  • Twofold song Seoul: Hollym 2004

Spanish

  • El poeta Barcelona: Editorial Norma 1994
  • Nuestro frustado héroe Madrid: Editorial Universidad Complutense 1995
  • El poeta Barcelona: Ediciones B 2000
  • El Invierno de Aquel año Barcelona: Ediciones B 2002
  • L' hiver cette année -là Arles: Actes Sud 1990
  • Notre héros défiguré Arles: Actes Sud 1990
  • Le Poète Arles: Actes Sud 1992
  • Notre héros défiguré. L' oiseau aux ailes d'or. L' hiver cette année -là Arles: Actes Sud 1993

Italian

  • Il nostro eroe decaduto Firenze: Giunti 1992
  • L' inverno di quell'anno Firenze: Giunti 1993
  • Il poeta Firenze: Giunti 1993
  • L' uccello dalle ali d' oro Firenze: Giunti 1993

Dutch

  • De Dichter Meerbeke - Ninove: Meulenhoff 1996

Swedish

  • Ett Ungdomsporträtt Stockholm: Tranan 2001

Awards

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