Dong-in Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (2012) Winner
Jung Young-moon
チョン・ヨンムン
Jeong Yeongmun
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965-01-01 （Hamyang, South Korea）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Translator
- Active Years
- 1996-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul National University | — | Department of Psychology | 心理学学士 | — | South Korea |
Seoul National University
Department of Psychology
Degree:
心理学学士
Country:
South Korea
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Dongseo Literary Award | Black Chain Stories | — | Dongseo Literary Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Han Moo-sook Literary Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Dong-in Literary Award | A Contrived World | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Daesan Literary Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Dongseo Literary Award
1999
Work:
Black Chain Stories
Organization:
Dongseo Literary Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Han Moo-sook Literary Award
2012
Result:
受賞
Dong-in Literary Award
2012
Work:
A Contrived World
Result:
受賞
Daesan Literary Award
2012
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Man Who Barely Exists
1996 NovelA man mired in ennui contemplates the meaning of life.
EnnuiMeaning of life
Black Chain Stories
1998 Short story collectionKafkaesque short stories delving into being and loss of being.
GrotesqueDevilishness
Translations
- A Chain of Dark Tales
Pale Soliloquy
2000 NovelYawn
2006 NovelA Contrived World
2012 NovelBibliography
- A Man Who Barely Exists (1996)
- Black Chain Stories (1998)
- Pale Soliloquy (2000)
- Yawn (2006)
- A Contrived World (2012)
Translations by Author
- Translated over 40 books from English, including John Fowles' Ebony Tower, Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Translations of Works
- A Chain of Dark Tales (2011, Stallion Press)
- A Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other Stories (2013)
- Mrs. Brown (2013)
- Vaseline Buddha (2016)
- Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Avant-gardeAbsurdistDark humor
- Recurring Motifs
- AnimalsForestsBoredomDenial of human values
Legacy
Known for Kafkaesque works scorning absurd social reality.
Trivia
- Participated in University of Iowa's International Writing Program (2005)
- Residency at UC Berkeley Center for Korean Studies (2010)