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Yi Gyun-yeong

イ・ギュンヨン

I Gyunyeong

Aliases: Lee Kyun-young

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1951-12-30 （South Jeolla Province）
Died
1996-11-10 age 44
Nationality
South Korean
Languages
Korean

Career

Occupations
writer, historian, editor, professor
Active Years
1979-1996
Affiliations
Professor of Korean History at Dongduk Women's University

Education

Hanyang University
Country: South Korea

Awards

Yi Sang Literature Prize
1984
Organization: Dong-A Ilbo
Result: 受賞
Danjae Scholastic Award
1993
Work: Study of Singanhoe
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Other Side of Dark Remembrance

1979 Fiction

A story exploring the other side of dark remembrance, originally published in 1979 as a shorter story titled Division.

dispossessed peoplewanderingpainful Korean history
Translations

The Faraway Light

1986 Short story collection

Collection of stories.

dispossessionfamily stories

The Country of Laozi and Zhuangzi

1993 Novel

A full-length novel about the country of Laozi and Zhuangzi.

Bibliography

  • Study of Singanhoe (Singanhoe yeongu, 1993)
  • Patriotic Enlightenment Movement During the Period of Daehanjeguk (Hanmal aeguk gyemong undong, 1991)
  • The Country of Laozi and Zhuangzi (Nojawa jangjaui nara, 1995)
  • The Leaves Make Lights of Longing (Namunipdeureun grieun bulbiteul mandeunda, 1995)
  • Scary Dance (Museo-un chum, 1986)
  • The Color of Winter Dream (Gyeoul kkumui saeksang, 1986)
  • The Faraway Light (1986)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
autobiographical stylefocus on dispossessed and wandering peopleprofound awareness of painful Korean history
Recurring Motifs
wandering dispossessed peoplelife stories of one man or familypainful history of Korea

Legacy

South Korean writer and historian who contributed to literature and Korean independence movement studies, died in a car crash at age 44.