Yun Hu-myong

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Yun Hu-myong
Hangul 윤후명
Hanja 尹厚明
Revised Romanization Yun Hu-myeon
McCune-Reischauer Yun Humyŏn
Birth name
Hangul 윤상규
Hanja 尹尙奎
Revised Romanization Yun Sang-gyu
McCune-Reischauer Yun Sanggyu

Yun Hu-myong (b. January 17, 1946) is a South Korean writer who has published poetry, novels, and essays. He was born in the city of Gangneung in Gangwon, South Korea, under the name Yun Sang-gyu. He received his bachelor's degree from Yonsei University.

Yun's novels deal with the relationship between fantasy and reality in individuals' lives. In a similar fashion, his poetry deals with the connection between the profound and the mundane.

[edit] Books

  • Expert Archer, poetry, (1977)
  • Don Juan's Love, novel, (1983)
  • Resurrecting Birds, novel, (1985)
  • There Is No Ape, novel, (1989)
  • To Stars, novel, (1990)
  • You, My Bad Darling, essays, (1990)
  • The Generation Without Promise, novel, (약속없는 세대)

[edit] Awards

His poems were awarded the Kyonghyang Shinmun Literature prize in 1967, Then in 1979, he was awarded the Hangook Ilbo Literature Prize for his short stories in 1979. In the 1980s he received several awards for his fiction.[1]

[edit] References

(1996) "Yun, Hu-myong", Who's who in Korean literature. Seoul: Hollym, 551-553. ISBN 1-56591-066-4.