Yi Sang Literary Award
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The Yi Sang Literary Award (이상문학상) 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. It is sponsored by the Korean publisher Munhaksasangsa and has become one of the most prestigious literary awards in South Korea.
South Korean literature
-Novels:A representative barometer of serious fiction is provided by the choices of some contemporary authors by the Korea Literature Translation Institute for translation into English, French, German and Spanish...
literary award
Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
. It is one of South Korea's most prestigious literary awards named after Yi Sang
Yi Sang
Yi Sang is considered one of the most innovative writers in modern Korean literature. Crossing and blurring the boundaries between poetry, fiction and essay, his experiments in literary form and language, as well the psychological complexity of his inquiry into passion, eroticism and the...
, an innovative writer in modern Korean literature. The Yi Sang Literary Award was established in 1977. It is sponsored by the Korean publisher Munhaksasangsa and has become one of the most prestigious literary awards in South Korea.
Winners
- 1977 김승옥 Kim Seung-okKim Seung-okKim Seung-ok is a South Korean novelist and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Osaka, Japan, Kim Seung-ok returned to Korea after its liberation in 1945. There, he was raised in Suncheon in Jeollanam-do where he graduated from Suncheon High School...
, 〈서울의 달빛 0장〉 The Moonlight of Seoul - 1978 이청준 Yi Chong-Jun, 〈잔인한 도시〉 The Cruel City
- 1979 오정희 Oh Cheong-hye, 〈저녁의 게임〉 Evening Game
- 1980 유재용 Yu Jae- Yong, 〈관계〉 Relationship
- 1981 박완서 Pak Wan-suh, 〈엄마의 말뚝〉 Mother’s Hitching Post
- 1982 최인호 Ch’oe In-ho, 〈깊고 푸른 밤〉 Deep Blue Night
- 1983 서영은 So Yeong-eun, 〈먼 그대〉 Distant You
- 1984 이균영 Yi Kyun-young, 〈어두운 기억의 저편〉 The Other Side of Dark Remembrance
- 1985 이제하 Yi Jae-ha, 〈나그네는 길에서도 쉬지 않는다〉 Travelers do not rest even on the road
- 1986 최일남 Ch’oe Il-nam, 〈흐르는 북〉 Flowing North
- 1987 이문열 Yi Mun-yol, 〈우리들의 일그러진 영웅〉 Our Twisted HeroOur Twisted HeroOur Twisted Hero is a South Korean novel written by Yi Munyol. It was first published by World Literature on June, 1987. Yi Munyol was awarded the 1987 Yi Sang Literary Award for the novel...
- 1988 임철우 Im Chul-wooIm Chul-woo-Life:Im Chul-woo was born October 15, 1954, on Wando Island in Jeollanam-do. He moved to Gwangju at age 10 and attended Sung-il High School there. He graduated from Jeonnam University with a degree in English Literature and completed graduate programs in English Literature at both Sogang...
, 〈붉은 방〉 The Red Room (co-winner) - 1988 한승원 Han Seung-won, 〈해변의 길손〉 Beach Traveler (co-winner)
- 1989 김채원 Kim Choe-won, 〈겨울의 환幻〉 Annual Winter
- 1990 김원일 Kim Won-ilKim Won-il-Life:In 1942 Kim Won-il was born in Chinyong, South Kyongsang Province. He was only a child when his father, a communist activist, defected to the North during the Korean War. The father left his wife and four children behind, to a legacy of great poverty and a cloud of ideological suspicion....
, 〈마음의 감옥〉 Prison of the Heart - 1991 조성기 Cho Seong-gi, 〈우리 시대의 소설가〉 The Novelist of Our Time
- 1992 양귀자 Yang Gui-JaYang Gui-ja-Life:South Korean novelist Yang Gui-ja was born July 1, 1955 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do and graduated from Wonkwang University in 1978 with a degree in Korean Literature. She later moved to Seoul after her marriage in 1980. Yang made her literary debut with the short stories Starting a New Morning...
, 〈숨은 꽃〉 The Hidden Flower - 1993 최수철 Ch’oe Su-cheol, 〈얼음의 도가니〉 The Ice Melting Pot
- 1994 최윤 Choe YunChoe YunCh'oe Yun is the pen-name of Korean writer and Professor of French Literature Ch'oe Hyon-mu. Ch'oe was born in Seoul in 1953 and received her Ph. D from Sogang University. In 1978, Ch’oe graduated from Sogang University and went to France, where she received the doctorate de 3 ème Cycle de la...
, 〈하나코는 없다〉 The Last of Hanako - 1995 윤후명 Yun Hu-Myeong, 〈하얀 배〉 White Boat
- 1996 윤대녕 Yun Dae-nyeongYun Dae-nyeong-Life:Yun Dae-nyeong was born in 1962 in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province. He graduated from Danguk University with a degree in French Language and Literature. He admitted, however, that in his college days he attended more Korean literature classes than French ones. His early boyhood was spent...
, 〈천지간〉 Between Heaven and Earth - 1997 김지원 Kim Ji-won, 〈사랑의 예감〉 Premonition of Love
- 1998 은희경 Eun Hye-kyong, 〈아내의 상자〉 Wife’s Box
- 1999 박상우 Park Sang-woo, 〈내 마음의 옥탑방〉 The Rooftop Unit in my soul
- 2000 이인화 Lee In-hwa, 〈시인의 별〉 Poet’s Star
- 2001 신경숙 Shin Kyung-sookShin 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...
, 〈부석사〉 Buseoksa - 2002 권지예 Kwan Ji-Hye, 〈뱀장어 스튜〉 Eel Stew
- 2003 김인숙 Kim In-sookKim In-sukKim In-suk is a South Korean writer.-Life:Kim In-Suk is an author from the Korean 386 generation...
, 〈바다와 나비〉 Ocean and Butterfly - 2004 김훈 Kim HoonKim HoonKim Hoon is a South Korean novelist, journalist and critic. Kim was born on May 5, 1948 in Seoul, Korea. After graduating from Whimoon High School, Kim Hoon entered Korea University in 1966...
, 〈화장〉 Cremation (Called "From Powder to Powder" in translation) - 2005 한강 Han Kang, 〈몽고반점〉 Mongolian Spot
- 2006 정미경 Jong Me-Kyung, 〈밤이여, 나뉘어라〉 Night, Let Split
- 2007 전경 Cheon Kyeong, 〈천사는 여기 머문다〉 The Angel Stays Here
- 2008 권여선 Kwan Yeo-san, 〈사랑을 믿다〉 Believe in Love
- 2009 김연수 Kim Yeon-su, 〈산책하는 이들의 다섯 가지 즐거움〉 Five Pleasures for Those Who Take Walks
- 2010 박민규 Park Min-gyuPark Min-gyu-Life:Park Min-gyu was born in Ulsan, a city in the very southeast of South Korea in 1968. He graduated from Chungang University. His first two novels, Legend of the World's Superheroes and The Sammi Superstars' Last Fan Club , were both published in 2003 and earned him the Munhak Dongne Author...
, 〈아침의 문〉 The Door of Morning - 2011 공지영 Gong Ji-yeong, 〈맨발로 글목을 돌다〉 Wander the alleyways barefoot