Cho Hae-il
Cho Hae-il | |
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Born | Cho Hae-ryong April 18, 1941 Harbin, Manchukuo |
Died | June 19, 2020[1] South Korea | (aged 79)
Language | Korean |
Citizenship | South Korean |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 조해일 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jo Hae-il |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Hae'il |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 조해룡 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jo Hae-ryong |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Haeryong |
Cho Hae-il (birth name Cho Hae-ryong, 18 April 1941 – 19 June 2020) was a South Korean writer.[2]
Life
Cho Hae-il was born April 18, 1941, in
In 1961 he entered
Work
Cho made his literary debut with The Man Who Dies Every Day, which won first prize in the JoongAng Ilbo spring literary contest in 1970. Over the next few years Cho was quite prolific, publishing at least twelve short stories and the novella America between his first work and 1974. In 1976 Cho published The Winter Woman, which went on to achieve massive success and made Cho a popular writer, though he believed his fame to be undeserved.[5] From 1974 to 1986, Cho wrote steadily, both short stories and newspaper serials.
Cho's work often focuses on the weaknesses of individuals and societies. His America (in English) tells the story of a man and local society deformed by the presence of U.S. troops in South Korea.[6] His short story The Iron Mask tells the story of a couple attacked, and the wife beaten, while The Psychologists explores the dynamics of violence in the confines of a bus.[7]
Selected works
- Kyŏul yŏja (1975) - serialized in The Chosun Ilbo
- Uyoil (1977) - collection
- Jibongwiui namja (1979) - serialized in the Seoul Shinmun
- Eksŭ (1982) - serialized in The Dong-a Ilbo
- Kalsu ŏmnŭn nara (1984) - serialized in JoongAng Ilbo
- Im Kkŏk-chŏng e kwanhan ilgopkae ŭi iyagi (1986)
- Amerikʻa (1990)
Media based on publications
- Wangshibri (1976)
- Winter Woman (1977), based on Kyŏul yŏja
- Jibongwiui namja (1979), based on Jibongwiui namja
- Wooyoil (1980), based on Uyoil
- X (1983), based on Eksu
- PpilKu (1997)
References
- ^ ‘겨울여자’ 작가 조해일 별세 (in Korean)
- ^ "조해일" biographical PDF available at: "Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ a b c d America, by Cho Hae-il, Dongsuhmunhaksa Publishing, 1990. P. 102
- ^ America, by Cho Hae-il, Dongsuhmunhaksa Publishing, 1990. P. 104
- ^ America, by Cho Hae-il, Dongsuhmunhaksa Publishing, 1990. P. 103
- ^ "Korean Modern Literature in Translation". Ktlit.com. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ America, by Cho Hae-il, Dongsuhmunhaksa Publishing, 1990. p. 100-101