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Lee Ki-ho

イ・ギホ

I Giho

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1972-01-01 （Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea）
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea

Career

Occupations
writer, professor in the department of creative writing at Gwangju University
Active Years
1999-
Affiliations
Gwangju University

Awards

Modern Literature New Writer's Contest
1999
Work: Bunny
Organization: Modern Literature
Result: winner
Yi Hyo-seok Literature Prize
2010
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

At Least We Can Apologize

novel

A satirical story about men running an apology agency. Described as post-modern and absurd.

apologypowersocial critique
Translations
  • Christopher J. Dykas (2013, Dalkey Archive Press)

Bibliography

  • Choi Sunduk: Filled with the Holy Spirit (2004)
  • I Knew If I Stayed around Long Enough, Something like This Would Happen (2006)
  • At Least We Can Apologize
  • So Far, and Yet So Near
  • Kwon Sun-chan and Nice People

Translations of Works

  • At Least We Can Apologize (English)
  • So Far, and Yet So Near (English)
  • Kwon Sun-chan and Nice People (English)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimentaldiversely experimental (interrogation Q&A, Bible style, TV cooking show language)post-modernrap and pansori rhythms
Recurring Motifs
misfits on the fringes of societyabnormal charactersrecurring character Lee Sibongvulgar, naive, tragic failures symbolizing societal failings

Legacy

One of South Korea's most unusual writers, whose experimental works defy conventional storytelling, satirizing societal arrogance through vulgar characters.

Trivia

  • Debut story 'Bunny' reflects rap and pansori rhythms.
  • Currently a professor at Gwangju University.