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Park Hyoung-su

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Park Hyoung-su
Born (1972-08-11) August 11, 1972 (age 52)
LanguageKorean
NationalityRepublic of Korea
EducationPh.D.
Alma materKorea University
PeriodModern
Notable worksArpan
Korean name
Hangul
박형서
Hanja
朴馨瑞
Revised RomanizationBak Hyeongseo
McCune–ReischauerPak Hyŏngsŏ

Park Hyoung-su (born August 11, 1972) is a male South Korean writer of fiction born in Chuncheon, Gangwan-do, South Korea.[1] His short story Krabi, named after the Thai district, has been published in a bilingual edition in France.

Life

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Park was born in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do in 1972 and graduated from Korea University graduate school, with a Ph.D. in 2010 from Korea University Graduate School with a Masters in 2003, and from Hanyang University, a Bachelor of Korean literature in 1999.[1] Park made his literary debut in 2000 through the Hyundae Munhak. He currently teaches creative writing at Korea University.

Work

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Park is an unusual novelist for a Korean, often placing his works outside of Korea, or finding their genesis outside of Korea.[2] and Korean critics have had a difficult time pigeonholing him, various describing him as a "storyteller", "metamorphic", and "self-aware", among other terms. LIST Magazine has summarized Park's role as a modern novelist: "The novel as a modern invention is what many young Korean writers are pondering as they attempt to redefine the landscape of modern Korean literature. Out of these writers, Park Hyoung-su stands out for the perception, intelligence, and playful imagination so evident in his work.[3] At the moment, his only work translated into English is Arpan (ASIA Publisher)) which has been well reviewed at www.ktlit.com as "another shock to a habitual reader of Korean literature in translation as it treads overseas as well as into cultural relativism, and the position of plagiarism/copying in Korea.".[4]

Awards

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  • 2016: The 10th Kim you jeong literary Award
  • 2012: Today's Young Artist Award
  • 2010: The 18th annual Daesan literary fiction Award

Works in English

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  • Arpan (Asia Publishers, 2014)

Works in Korean

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  • 뺨에 묻은 보석 마음산책 2021. 06. 10
  • 여기 우리 마주 (2021 현대문학상 소설집) 현대문학 2021
  • 마음의 부력 (2021 이상문학상 작품집) 문학사상사 2021
  • 낭만주의 문학동네 2018. 07. 11
  • 당신의 노후 현대문학 2018
  • 산책자의 행복 (2016,이효석 문학상 수상작품집) 생각정거장 2016
  • 거기 있나요 (2016 김유정문학상 제10회 수상작품집) 은행나무 2016
  • 작가와 고양이 폭스코너 2016
  • 베를린 필 (2016 제61회 현대문학상 수상소설집) 현대문학 2016
  • 끄라비 문학과지성사 2014.05.08
  • 빈집 (제12회 황순원 문학상 수상작품집) 문예중앙 2012.10.25
  • 핸드메이드 픽션 문학동네 2011.12.05
  • 부메랑 (2011 제11회 황순원문학상 수상작품집) 문예중앙 2011.10.20
  • 작가가 선정한 오늘의 소설 (2012) 작가 2012.03
  • 작가가 선정한 오늘의 소설 (2011) 작가 2011.03.15
  • 새벽의 나나 (제18회 대산문학상 수상작) 문학과지성사 2010.05.13
  • 사랑을 믿다 (2008년 제32회 이상문학상 작품집) 문학사상사 2008.01.18
  • 자정의 픽션 문학과지성사 2006.10.30
  • 토끼를 기르기 전에 알아두어야 할 것들 문학과지성사 2003.12.22

References

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  1. ^ a b Naver 인물검색: 박형서. Accessed 29. Aug 2014 (korean).
  2. ^ Yi, Soo-hyung (Autumn 2010), "The Lives of Others Are Not So Different from Our Own", LIST, 9: 46–7
  3. ^ Park, Sungchang (Spring 2012), "Redefining the Novel", LIST, 15: 47
  4. ^ Oscar. Park Hyoung-su’s awesome “Arpan” proves the bravery and literacy of the ASIA Publisher K-fiction series, by Charles Montgomery,