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O Taeseok

オ・テソク

O Taeseok

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1940-10-11 (Seocheon)
Died
2022-11-28 age 82
Nationality
South Korean
Languages
Korean
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
South Korea

Career

Occupations
playwright, theatre director, translator
Active Years
1967-2022
Affiliations
Dongnang Repertory Company

Education

Yonsei University
Philosophy
Degree: 学士
Year of Graduation: 1963
Country: South Korea

Awards

Hankook Ilbo Theater and Film Prize
1973
Work: Grass Burial
Organization: Hankook Ilbo
Result: 受賞
Seoul Theatre Festival Grand Prize
1987
Result: 受賞
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
2005
Organization: Samsung Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Why Did Sim Cheong Throw Herself into the Indangsu Twice?

Play

A modern reinterpretation of a traditional Korean tale

traditiondeathpain
Translations
  • Warum das Mädchen Sim-Tscheong zweimal ins Wasser ging

Bibliography

  • Wedding Dress
  • Grass Burial
  • Lifecord
  • Chunpung's Wife
  • Splash
  • Between Father and Son
  • Bicycle
  • Dream of a Lowly Man
  • Greenhouse
  • Change of Season
  • Judas, Before the Rooster Crows
  • Outing
  • Self-Righting Doll on Roller Skates
  • Africa
  • Why Did Sim Cheong Throw Herself into the Indangsu Twice?

Translations by Author

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude
  • Leaf Storm
  • No One Writes to the Colonel
  • Big Mama's Funeral

Translations of Works

  • The Metacultural Theater of Oh T'ae-Sŏk: Five Plays from the Korean Avant-Garde

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Elements of traditional Korean playsSong and danceMasksExaggerated movements
Recurring Motifs
Darkness of painShadows of deathChildhood memories

Legacy

Renowned as a master of modern Korean theatre, acclaimed for blending tradition and modernity in his unique style.

Trivia

  • His childhood experiences during the Korean War influenced his works.