Kim In-suk
Encyclopedia
Kim In-suk is a South Korea
n writer.
(writers born in the 1960s, went attended university in the 1980s, and were entered their 30s in the 1990s when the term was coined). She, along with Shin Kyung-sook
and Gong Ji-young, is one of the prominent new wave of female writers from that group.
Kim In-sook began her writing career early, making her literary debut when she had just entered University, at the age of 20 (Korean age). She has won all three of Korea’s major literary awards, the Yi Sang
, Dong-in
, and Daesan, and she has had more than 30 books published.
She has also lived in China in this decade; and in Spring 2011 was living in Dalian with her daughter.
In 2003 Kim won the Yi Sang Literary award for her work Ocean and Butterfly <바다와 나비> and in 2010 she won the Dong-in award for Goodbye Elena <안녕, 엘레나>.
Her latest work in Korean, To Be Insane <미칠 수 있겠니, 이 삶에> had its publication delayed at Kim’s request. The story featured a massively destructive earthquake and tsunami, and Kim believed that it would have been inappropriate to release this work just after the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.
Ocean and Butterfly〈바다와 나비〉
Goodbye Elena <안녕, 엘레나>
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n writer.
Life
Kim In-Suk is an author from the Korean 386 generation386 Generation
The 386 Generation is a term that refers to the generation of South Koreans born in the 1960s who were very active politically as young adults, and instrumental in the democracy movement of the 1980s...
(writers born in the 1960s, went attended university in the 1980s, and were entered their 30s in the 1990s when the term was coined). She, along with Shin Kyung-sook
Shin Kyung-sook
-Life:Shin Kyung-sook was born in 1963 in a village near Jeongeup in Jeolla Province in southern Korea. She was the fourth child and oldest daughter of six. Her parents were farmers who could not afford to send her to high school, so at sixteen she moved to Seoul, where her older brother lived. She...
and Gong Ji-young, is one of the prominent new wave of female writers from that group.
Kim In-sook began her writing career early, making her literary debut when she had just entered University, at the age of 20 (Korean age). She has won all three of Korea’s major literary awards, the Yi Sang
Yi Sang Literary Award
The Yi Sang Literary Award is a South Korean literary award. It is one of South Korea's most prestigious literary awards named after Yi Sang, an innovative writer in modern Korean literature. The Yi Sang Literary Award was established in 1977...
, Dong-in
Dong-in Literary Award
The Dong-in Literary Award is a South Korean literary award named after novelist Kim Dong-in, established in order to praise the literary achievement of The Republic of Korea...
, and Daesan, and she has had more than 30 books published.
She has also lived in China in this decade; and in Spring 2011 was living in Dalian with her daughter.
Work
Unusually, Kim’s work focuses extensively on the experience of Korean expatriates. In fact, her book The Long Road is the only piece of “expat” Korean fiction that has been translated into English. That book is among her fiction that draws the time she spent living in Australia in the 1990s.In 2003 Kim won the Yi Sang Literary award for her work Ocean and Butterfly <바다와 나비> and in 2010 she won the Dong-in award for Goodbye Elena <안녕, 엘레나>.
Her latest work in Korean, To Be Insane <미칠 수 있겠니, 이 삶에> had its publication delayed at Kim’s request. The story featured a massively destructive earthquake and tsunami, and Kim believed that it would have been inappropriate to release this work just after the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.
Works in Korean (Partial)
To Be Insane (미칠 수 있겠니, 이 삶에)Ocean and Butterfly〈바다와 나비〉
Goodbye Elena <안녕, 엘레나>