Hyundae Munhak Award (Contemporary Literature Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 52 (2007) Winner
Lee Seung-u
イ・スング
I Seungu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-02-21 （Jangheung County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea）
- Nationality
- 韓国, South Korean
- Languages
- Korean
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Jangheung County, South Jeolla Province
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Professor of Korean Literature
- Active Years
- 1981-2024
- Affiliations
- Chosun University
- Influenced
- J.M.G. Le Clézio
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul Theological University | — | Theology | — | — | South Korea |
| Yonsei University Graduate School of Theology | Graduate School of Theology | — | — | 修了 | South Korea |
Seoul Theological University
Theology
Country:
South Korea
Graduated
Yonsei University Graduate School of Theology
Graduate School of Theology
Period:
修了
Country:
South Korea
Studied
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | New Writer's Award | A Portrait of Erysichton | — | Korean Literature | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Daesan Literary Award | The Reverse Side of Life | — | Daesan Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | East West Literature Prize | I Will Live Long | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Contemporary Literature Award | — | Fiction | Hyundae Munhak | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Hwang Sun-won Literary Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Dong-in Literary Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Yi Sang Literary Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
New Writer's Award
1981
Work:
A Portrait of Erysichton
Organization:
Korean Literature
Result:
受賞
Daesan Literary Award
1993
Work:
The Reverse Side of Life
Organization:
Daesan Foundation
Result:
受賞
East West Literature Prize
Work:
I Will Live Long
Result:
受賞
Contemporary Literature Award
2007
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Hyundae Munhak
Result:
受賞
Hwang Sun-won Literary Award
2010
Result:
受賞
Dong-in Literary Award
2013
Result:
受賞
Yi Sang Literary Award
2021
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Dong-in Literary Award
2 appearances
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Edition 46 (2013) Winner
-
Edition 49 (2016) Winner
Yi Sang Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (2021) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Reverse Side of Life
1992 NovelFocuses on Christian redemption and its intersection with human life, revealing tension between heaven and earth in quotidian life.
Christian redemptionTension between heaven and earthRedemption in daily life
Translations
- German: Die Ruckseite des Lebens (1996)
- English: The Reverse Side of Life (2005)
The Private Life of Plants
2000 NovelA novel about the private lives of plants.
NatureHumanity
Translations
- Spanish: La vida secreta de las plantas (2010)
- Japanese: 植物たちの私生活 (2012)
- Russian: Тайная жизнь растений (2013)
- French: Ici comme ailleurs (2013)
- Polish: Prywatne Życie Roślin (2016)
Magnolia Park
1998 Short story collectionShort story collection set in Magnolia Park.
LabyrinthOutside the world
Translations
- English: Magnolia Park (2013)
Bibliography
- A Portrait of Erysichton (1981)
- In the Shadow of Thorny Bushes
- Warm Rain
- Gold Mask
- The Reverse Side of Life (1992)
- The Private Life of Plants (2000)
- The Old Diary (2008)
- The Gaze of Meridian (2009)
- The Song of the Ground (2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Exploration of Christian redemptionTension between heaven and earth in daily lifeConfrontation with disillusionment from language corruption
- Recurring Motifs
- RedemptionLabyrinthOutside the world
Legacy
One of the outstanding South Korean writers emerging after the 1980s political repression. Nobel laureate J.M.G. Le Clézio named him as a likely Korean candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Trivia
- Rare Korean writer whose full-length novels have been translated into English and French, despite the emphasis on short stories in Korean literary journals.