Yi Sang Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1979) Winner
O Jeonghui
お・じょんひ
O Jeonghui
Aliases:
Oh Jung-hee
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1947-11-09 （Seoul）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean
- Residence History
- Seoul
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 1968-2024
- Affiliations
- Arts Council of Korea
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorabol Art College | — | creative writing | B.A. | — | South Korea |
Sorabol Art College
creative writing
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
South Korea
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Yi Sang Literary Award | Evening Game | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Dong-in Literary Award | The Bronze Mirror | — | — | 受賞 |
Yi Sang Literary Award
1980
Work:
Evening Game
Result:
受賞
Dong-in Literary Award
1983
Work:
The Bronze Mirror
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Dong-in Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1982) Winner
Works
Major Works
Spirit on the Wind
1986 short storyA story alternating between a husband's first-person narration and his wife's third-person perspective, exploring her wanderlust and identity quest, with wind as a metaphor for memory.
family bondsidentitymemory
Translations
- English translation available
Bibliography
- River of Fire (1977)
- Childhood Garden (1981)
- Spirit on the Wind (1986)
- Nae Maumui Munee (2012, essay)
Translations of Works
- Translated into English, and multiple languages in Southeast Asia, Latin America, US, Europe
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- non-imagisticfamily life as a trap for women
- Recurring Motifs
- women's perception of emptinessabyss of human existence
Legacy
One of South Korea's leading short story writers, recipient of Yi Sang and Dong-in Literary Awards, with works translated into multiple languages.
Trivia
- Involved in controversy over blacklists during Park Geun-hye administration as a key member of Arts Council of Korea.