Hwang Sun-mi

This is a Korean name; the family name is Hwang.
Hwang Sun-mi

Hwang in 2011
Born 1963 (age 51–52)
Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea[1]
Occupation Writer
Language Korean
Nationality South Korea
Genre Korean fiction
Korean name
Hangul 황선미
Hanja 黃善美[2]
Revised Romanization Hwang Seon-mi
McCune–Reischauer Hwang Sŏnmi

Hwang Sun-mi (born 1963) is a South Korean author and professor who is best known for her fable The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, which has also been made into a successful animated film in South Korea, Leafie, A Hen into the Wild.[3]

Life

Born in 1963, Hwang was unable to attend middle school due to poverty, but thanks to a teacher who gave her a key to a classroom, she could go to the school and read books whenever she wanted. She enrolled in high school by taking a certificate examination and she graduated from the creative writing departments at Seoul Institute of the Arts and Gwangju University, and from graduate school at Chung-Ang University. She lives in Seoul, South Korea.[4] Hwang is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Literature in the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Hwang's career as a writer began in 1995, and since then she has published nearly 30 books over various genres.[3] She is most famous for her work "The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly" which was also made into a movie that broke Korean box office records for animated films, earning nearly 7 billion won in its first month of release.[5]

Work

Upon its publication in 2000, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly became an instant classic, remaining on bestseller lists for ten years and inspiring the highest-grossing animated film in Korean history. It has also been adapted into a comic book, a play, and a musical, and has been translated into over a dozen languages.[6] Hwang's work addresses the intersections between tradition and modernity, the ecology, and the search for freedom. She is most known for her fantasy work and has won the SBS Media Literary Award (2001) and the 36th Sejong Children's Literature Prize (2003).[3]

Awards

Works in Translation

Works in Korean (partial)

External Links

See also

References

  1. ↑ 황선미 … 어른도 그의 동화를 읽는다. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2011-04-28. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Hwang Sun-mi [黃善美]; Lin Ching [林静, translator] (2008). 《追風啃書蟲》 (in Chinese). 新苗文化事業有限公司. ISBN 9574513726.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sun-mi Hwang". International Board for Books on Young People. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Hwang, Sun-mi (2013). The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-312320-0.
  5. ↑ Woo, Jaeyeon (12 August 2011). "Leafie the Hen captures Korean moviegoers". Wall Street Journal Korea Real Time Blog. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Hwang, Sun-mi (2013). The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-312320-0.
  7. ↑ Lee, Ji-young (Spring 2009). "'Children’s Books Should Provide Comfort and Hope': Hwang Seon-mi, Children’s Book Writer". List Magazine (3). Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Penguin Books, http://www.penguin.com/book/the-hen-who-dreamed-she-could-fly-by-sun-mi-hwang/9780143123200
  9. ↑ "황선미 ‘마당을 나온 암탉’ 영국 베스트셀러 1위, No.1 Best seller in England". 한겨레(The Hankyoreh). 2014-04-04.