Park Yeonghan | |
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Born | September 14, 1947 |
Died | August 23, 2006 | (aged 58)
Language | Korean |
Nationality | South Korean |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 박영한 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Bak Yeonghan |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Yŏnghan |
Park Yeonghan (Hangul: 박영한) was a South Korean writer. [1]
Park Yeonghan was born September 14, 1947, in Busan, Korea. [2] Park graduated with a degree in Korean Literature from Yonsei University in Seoul. [3]
Park applied to the Law School of Korea University, but was refused and then spent three years traveling the Korean countryside working a laborer and living with prostitutes, petty thieves, vagabonds, and other social misfits. Park was admitted to Yonsei University, but two days after entering, volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War. When he returned to Korea, Park wrote The Distant Ssongba River (Meonameon ssongbagang, 1977) based on his experience in the war. He was awarded the second Today's Writer Prize, the novel sold over 100,000 copies and made Park an instant celebrity. [4]
Park died on August 23, 2006. [2]
The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarizes Parks' contributions to Korean Literature:
Park is known for his 'honest' writing style, eschewing experimentation, and less interested in plot than experience. [3]
Short Stories
Novels
Park Yeonghan | |
---|---|
Born | September 14, 1947 |
Died | August 23, 2006 | (aged 58)
Language | Korean |
Nationality | South Korean |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 박영한 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Bak Yeonghan |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Yŏnghan |
Park Yeonghan (Hangul: 박영한) was a South Korean writer. [1]
Park Yeonghan was born September 14, 1947, in Busan, Korea. [2] Park graduated with a degree in Korean Literature from Yonsei University in Seoul. [3]
Park applied to the Law School of Korea University, but was refused and then spent three years traveling the Korean countryside working a laborer and living with prostitutes, petty thieves, vagabonds, and other social misfits. Park was admitted to Yonsei University, but two days after entering, volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War. When he returned to Korea, Park wrote The Distant Ssongba River (Meonameon ssongbagang, 1977) based on his experience in the war. He was awarded the second Today's Writer Prize, the novel sold over 100,000 copies and made Park an instant celebrity. [4]
Park died on August 23, 2006. [2]
The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarizes Parks' contributions to Korean Literature:
Park is known for his 'honest' writing style, eschewing experimentation, and less interested in plot than experience. [3]
Short Stories
Novels