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Lee Yun-gi

イ・ユンギ

I Yungi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1947-05-05 (North Gyeongsang Province)
Died
2010-08-27 age 63
Nationality
South Korean
Languages
Korean
Religion
Unknown

Career

Occupations
writer, translator
Active Years
1977-2010

Awards

Dong-in Literary Award
1998
Organization: Dong-in Literary Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Daesan Literary Awards
2008
Organization: Daesan Foundation
Result: 受賞
Korean Translation Award
2008
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

White Helicopter

1977 Short Story Collection

Short story collection

lifedialogue

Butterfly Necktie

1995 Short Story Collection

Short story collection

lifedialogue

Gate to Heaven

1994 Novel

His first novel

mythologysymbols

House Where Trees Pray

1999 Novel

Novel

lifehumor

Bibliography

  • White Helicopter (1977)
  • Seeing One Road, Seeing Two Roads
  • Butterfly Necktie (1995)
  • Gate to Heaven (1994)
  • Sunlight and Moonlight (1996)
  • An Offspring of Love
  • House Where Trees Pray (1999)
  • School for Adults
  • Rainbow and Prism

Translations by Author

  • The Name of the Rose
  • Foucault's Pendulum
  • The Island of the Day Before
  • Shamanism
  • Metamorphoses
  • Men and Symbols

Style & Themes

Literary Style
dialogue-drivenprecise languagehumor and wit
Recurring Motifs
mythologysymbolsaphorismsgenerosity toward life

Legacy

Prize-winning modern South Korean writer and translator known for mythology-rich narratives.