Yi Sang Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1996) Winner
Yun Dae-nyeong
ユン・デニョン
Yun Daenyeong
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-05-01 （Yesan, South Chungcheong Province）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean
- Residence History
- Semi-nomadic childhood in poverty in various places
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1988-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dankook University | — | French Language and Literature | — | — | South Korea |
Dankook University
French Language and Literature
Country:
South Korea
In his college days he attended more Korean literature classes than French ones.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Spring literary contest sponsored by Daejeon Ilbo | A Circle | — | Daejeon Ilbo | second best award |
| 1990 | Monthly Literature & Thought New Writer's Prize | — | — | Monthly Literature & Thought | winner |
| 1994 | Today's Young Artist Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 1996 | Yi Sang Literary Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 1998 | Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award | — | — | Hyundae Munhak | winner |
| 2003 | Yi Hyo-seok Literary Award | — | — | — | winner |
Spring literary contest sponsored by Daejeon Ilbo
1988
Work:
A Circle
Organization:
Daejeon Ilbo
Result:
second best award
Monthly Literature & Thought New Writer's Prize
1990
Organization:
Monthly Literature & Thought
Result:
winner
Today's Young Artist Award
1994
Result:
winner
Yi Sang Literary Award
1996
Result:
winner
Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award
1998
Organization:
Hyundae Munhak
Result:
winner
Yi Hyo-seok Literary Award
2003
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Hyundae Munhak Award (Contemporary Literature Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (1998) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Sweetfish Memorandum
1994 Short storyCaptures the ethos and sensibilities of Korean people during the 1990s
Everyday lifePovertySensibilities
Translations
- trans. by Young-Jun Lee
Between Heaven and Earth
NovelA story between heaven and earth
LifeNature
Translations
- trans. by Kim Sul Ja
Mi-ran - A Traveler in the Snow
2003 NovelMi-ran, a traveler in the snow
JourneySnow
Translations
- French: Voleur d'œufs (related)
Bibliography
- Circle (1988)
- My Mother’s Forest
- The Sweetfish Memorandum (1994)
- Behold the Southern Stairs
- Many Stars Drifted to One Place (1999)
- There Walks Someone (2004)
- I Went to See an Old Movie (1997)
- Mi-ran, A Traveler in the Snow (2003)
- Between Heaven and Earth
- Why Did the Tiger Go to the Sea?
Translations of Works
- Between Heaven and Earth, trans. by Kim Sul Ja
- The Sweetfish Memorandum, trans. by Young-Jun Lee
- Mi-ran - A Traveler in the Snow
- Voleur d'œufs (French)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Captures the ethos and sensibilities of Korean people during the 1990s
- Recurring Motifs
- Everyday scenesPoverty and reading
Legacy
Established reputation as a writer capturing 1990s Korean ethos, multiple awards.
Trivia
- Spent early boyhood with grandparents before joining parents at age eight. Family semi-nomadic in poverty. Devoured books by junior high. Wrote first story in high school.