Park Hyoung-su

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.

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Hyoung-su
Born (1972-08-11) August 11, 1972
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

Life

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

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
  • 당신의 노후 현대문학 2018
  • 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
  1. 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,
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