Dong-in Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1965) Winner
Kim Seung-ok
キム・スンオク
Gim Seung-ok
Aliases:
Kim Seungok
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-12-23 （Osaka）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean
- Residence History
- Osaka (birth) → Suncheon, South Jeolla Province (raised) → Seoul
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1962-1979
- Affiliations
- Founder of literary journal The Age of Prose
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suncheon High School | — | — | — | — | South Korea |
| Seoul National University | College of Humanities | French Literature | — | 1960年入学 | South Korea |
Suncheon High School
Country:
South Korea
Graduated from high school
Seoul National University
College of Humanities
/ French Literature
Period:
1960年入学
Country:
South Korea
Studied French Literature, founded literary journal during studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Dong-in Literary Award | Seoul, Winter 1964 | — | Dong-in Literary Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Yi Sang Literary Award | — | — | Yi Sang Literary Award Committee | 受賞（初代受賞者） |
Dong-in Literary Award
1965
Work:
Seoul, Winter 1964
Organization:
Dong-in Literary Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Yi Sang Literary Award
1977
Organization:
Yi Sang Literary Award Committee
Result:
受賞（初代受賞者）
Awards & Nominations
Yi Sang Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1977) Winner
Works
Major Works
Seoul, Winter 1964
1965 novelA work that crystallized a Korean sense of loss and meaninglessness attendant to the industrialization of Korea and resulting nihilism.
lossnihilismmodernization
Translations
- Included in Land of Exile
Bibliography
- Fantasy Notebook (1962)
- Operation (1962)
- A Journey to Mujin (1964)
- Seoul, Winter 1964 (1965)
- Journey by Night
- A Cup of Tea
- Strong are the Goats (1966)
- The Moonlight in Seoul: Chapter 0
- To Understand My Sister (1963)
- Our Low Fence (1979)
- God I Have Met (2004)
Adaptations
- Mist (1967, based on A Journey to Mujin, dir. Kim Soo-yong)
Translations of Works
- Seoul: 1964, Winter (English translation in Land of Exile)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Romantic outsider stance evolving to nihilismEscape from quotidian existence via fantasy/hallucinationAtomistic narrators in uncaring society
- Recurring Motifs
- Social constraintsAnomic lives in modernizing societyErotic passion
Legacy
Quintessential Korean writer capturing post-war nihilism; major success until 1967, then ceased fiction writing in 1979.
In Popular Culture
- Co-wrote screenplays for Woman (1968) and Insect Woman (1972)
Trivia
- Born in Osaka, Japan; returned to Korea in 1945.
- Cartoonist for Seoul newspaper while at university.
- Published first major story at age 19.