Park Hyoung-su
| Park Hyoung-su | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 11, 1972 |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | Republic of Korea |
| Ethnicity | Korean |
| Citizenship | Republic of Korea |
| Education | Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Korea University |
| Period | Modern |
| Notable works | Arpan |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박형서 |
| Hanja | 朴馨瑞 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Hyeongseo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak 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 resort, has been published in a bilingual edition in France.
Life
Park was born in Chuncheon, Gagnwado 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
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 Publishers) 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
- 2012: Today’s Young Artist Award
- 2010: The 18th annual Daesan literary fiction Award
Works in English
- Arpan (Asia Publishers, 2014)
Works in Korean
- 끄라비(박형서 소설집) 문학과지성사 2014.05.08
- 제12회 황순원 문학상 수상작품집 (2012, 빈집) 문예중앙 2012.10.25
- 핸드메이드 픽션 (박형서 소설) 문학동네 2011.12.05
- 부메랑 (부메랑, 2011) 문예중앙 2011.10.20
- 작가가 선정한 오늘의 소설 (2011) 작가 2011.03.15
- 새벽의 나나 (제18회 대산문학상 수상작) 문학과지성사 2010.05.13
- 토끼를 기르기 전에 알아두어야 할 것들 한국문학도서관 2008.08.09
- 사랑을 믿다 (2008년 제32회 이상문학상 작품집) 문학사상사 2008.01.18
- 자정의 픽션 문학과지성사 2006.10.30
- 아내의 초상 1 판타스틱씨엔씨 2004.08.15
- 토끼를 기르기 전에 알아두어야 할 것들 문학과지성사 2003.12.22
References
- ↑ Yi, Soo-hyung (Autumn 2010), "The Lives of Others Are Not So Different from Our Own", LIST, 9: 46–7
- ↑ Park, Sungchang (Spring 2012), "Redefining the Novel", LIST, 15: 47
- ↑ Oscar. Park Hyoung-su’s awesome “Arpan” proves the bravery and literacy of the ASIA Publisher K-fiction series, by Charles Montgomery,