| Park Min-gyu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 43–44) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | South Korea |
| Period | 1968-present |
Park Min-gyu (born 1968) (Hangul: 박민규) is a South Korean writer.
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Park Min-gyu was born in Ulsan, a city in the very southeast of South Korea in 1968.[1] He graduated from Chungang University. His first two novels, Legend of the World's Superheroes (Chigu yongung chonsol) and The Sammi Superstars' Last Fan Club (Sammi syuposuta oe majimak paenkullob), were both published in 2003 and earned him the Munhak Dongne Author Award and the Hankyoreh Literary Prize, respectively.[1] His short story Raccoon World (Komawo, kwayon neoguri-ya) was included in the 2005 Yi Sang Literary Award Collection.[2]
Park's most clearly evident characteristic is his keen, often absurdist sense of humor, which always works in the service of his stories, and never overwhelms them. The world Park describes is the global capitalist one, in which human lives and souls have little impact other than as commercially available entities. His characters are often financially attenuated and have little or no prospects.[2]
Park is famous as a writer and a character, as he affects very long hair and often wears unusual sunglasses that border on goggles.[3]
Park's novel, Pavane for a Dead Princess, was published in 2009. His title 〈아침의 문〉 The Door of Morning won the 2010 Yi Sang Literary Award.
Novels
Short Stories