Hyundae Munhak Award (Contemporary Literature Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (2003) Winner
Jo Kyung-ran
チョ・ギョンラン
Jo Gyeong-ran
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1969 （Seoul）
- Nationality
- South Korean
- Languages
- Korean
- Residence History
- Bongcheon-dong, Seoul (nearly 20 years)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist
- Active Years
- 1996-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul Institute of the Arts | — | creative writing | — | — | South Korea |
Seoul Institute of the Arts
creative writing
Country:
South Korea
studied creative writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Donga-Ilbo Prize | French Optical | — | Donga Ilbo | winner |
| 1996 | Literary Community New Writer's Award | — | — | Munhakdongne | winner |
| — | Today's Young Artist Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2003 | Contemporary Literature Award | A Narrow Gate | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | Dong-in Literary Award | I Bought a Balloon | — | — | winner |
Donga-Ilbo Prize
1996
Work:
French Optical
Organization:
Donga Ilbo
Result:
winner
Literary Community New Writer's Award
1996
Organization:
Munhakdongne
Result:
winner
Today's Young Artist Award
Result:
winner
Contemporary Literature Award
2003
Work:
A Narrow Gate
Result:
winner
Dong-in Literary Award
2008
Work:
I Bought a Balloon
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Dong-in Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 41 (2008) Winner
Yi Sang Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 48 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
French Optical
1997 short storydebut work
everyday lifeemotion
Translations
- French, German, Hebrew, English
Bibliography
- French Optical (1997), Time for Breaking Bread (1997), My Purple Sofa (2000), Looking for the Elephant (2002), The Ladle Story (2004), Tongue (2007), I Bought a Balloon (2008), Swordfish, Versammelte lichter
Translations of Works
- Translated into French, German, Hebrew, English
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- taking trivial, mundane, and everyday occurrences and delicately describing them in subtle emotional tones
- Recurring Motifs
- human alienationdifficulty of communicationpossibility for meaningful human relationships
Legacy
Dwells on the impressions things make, describes their effect on the inner world of the protagonist. Accentuates human alienation and difficulty of communication in the modern world, while suggesting possibilities for meaningful relationships.
Trivia
- Decided to become a writer at the age of 28.