Hyundae Munhak Award (Contemporary Literature Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1975) Winner
Kim Won-il
キム・ウォニル
Gim Wonil
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1942-03-15 （Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean
- Residence History
- Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
- Affiliations
- Sunchon National University, Department of Creative Writing
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daegu Agriculture High School | — | — | — | — | South Korea |
| Sorabol College of Arts | — | Arts | 学士 | — | South Korea |
| Yeungnam University | — | — | 学士 | — | South Korea |
| Dankook University | — | Korean Literature | 修士 | — | South Korea |
Daegu Agriculture High School
Country:
South Korea
Sorabol College of Arts
Arts
Degree:
学士
Country:
South Korea
Bachelor's degree
Yeungnam University
Degree:
学士
Country:
South Korea
Bachelor's degree
Dankook University
Korean Literature
Degree:
修士
Country:
South Korea
Master's degree in Korean Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award | Soul of Darkness | — | Hyundae Munhak | 受賞 |
| 1978 | Republic of Korea President's Award in Literature | Evening Glow | — | President of the Republic of Korea | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Korean Creative Writers’ Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Dong-in Literature Prize | A Festival of Fire | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Yi Sang Literature Prize | A House with a Deep Garden | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Han Musuk Literature Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award
1974
Work:
Soul of Darkness
Organization:
Hyundae Munhak
Result:
受賞
Republic of Korea President's Award in Literature
1978
Work:
Evening Glow
Organization:
President of the Republic of Korea
Result:
受賞
Korean Creative Writers’ Prize
1979
Result:
受賞
Dong-in Literature Prize
1983
Work:
A Festival of Fire
Result:
受賞
Yi Sang Literature Prize
1990
Work:
A House with a Deep Garden
Result:
受賞
Han Musuk Literature Prize
1998
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Dong-in Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 18 (1984) Winner
Yi Sang Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 14 (1990) Winner
Works
Major Works
Evening Glow
1978 novelA novel depicting the scars of division and war.
divisionwarfamily
Translations
- Evening Glow
Bibliography
- Soul of Darkness (1973)
- Today's Wind (1976)
- Evening Glow (1978)
- Meditations on a Snipe (1979)
- Chains of Darkness (1979)
- A Festival of Fire (1983)
- Wind and River (1985)
- Winter Valley (1987)
- House with a Deep Garden (1989)
- The Long Road From Here to There (1992)
- The Evergreen Pine (1993)
- The Scorpion (2007)
Translations of Works
- Evening Glow
- The Wind and the River
- Soul of Darkness
- Prisons of the Heart
- House with a Sunken Courtyard
- The Scorpion
- Crepuscules (French)
- Das Haus am tiefen Hof (German)
- Дом с глубоким двором (Russian)
- La casona de los patios (Spanish)
- La cárcel del corazón y otros relatos (Spanish)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- division literaturepeople's literaturerealism
- Recurring Motifs
- scars of war and divisionfamily separationideological conflictpoverty
Legacy
A leading figure in Korean 'literature of division,' portraying tragedies from the Korean War, national division, family separations, and poverty, emphasizing scars that economic prosperity cannot erase.
In Popular Culture
- His autobiographical novel 'A House with a Deep Garden' was adapted into a popular TV series in 1990.
Trivia
- His father, a communist activist, defected to North Korea during the Korean War, leaving his wife and four children in poverty and under ideological suspicion.