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Kwon Yeo-sun

クォン・ヨソン

Gwon Yeoseon

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965-01-01 （Andong, North Gyeongsang Province）
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist
Active Years
1996-2024

Awards

Imaginative Literature Award
1996
Work: Niche of Green
Result: 受賞
Oh Yeong-su Literary Award
2007
Result: 受賞
Yi Sang Literary Award
2008
Result: 受賞
Hankook Ilbo Literary Award
2012
Organization: Hankook Ilbo
Result: 受賞
EBS Radio Literature Award of Excellence
2013
Organization: EBS
Result: 優秀賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Niche of Green

1996 coming-of-age novel

One of the most outstanding coming-of-age novels to emerge from the South Korean publishing world of the 1990s.

democratization movement

Maiden’s Skirt

2004 short story collection

A collection about defeated individuals who come to resigned acceptance despite tragic fates, featuring handicapped relationships like extramarital affairs and gay relationships.

defeated loveinternal shortcomings

The Days of Pink Ribbon

short story collection

Stories of failures due to their own shortcomings or bad fate, featuring characters with defects in character or physique.

failuredefects

Lemon

2019 novel in interconnected short stories

Novel told through interconnected short stories, expanded from her 2016 short story 'You Do Not Know'. First work translated into English.

Translations
  • 2021 English translation by Janet Hong

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Unconventional in form and topic, sometimes reputed as difficult to read
Recurring Motifs
defeated individualsunaccepted relationshipsfailures due to own shortcomings

Legacy

A South Korean writer known for unconventional works.