KYUNG-SOOK SHIN
Born from a farmer family in 1963, Kyung-sook Shin was the fourth child and oldest daughter of six. Her parents could not afford to send her to high school, so she moved to her brother's house in Seoul. She worked in an electronics plant while attending night school. She made her literary debut in 1985 with the novella Winter’s Fable after graduating from the Seoul Institute of the Arts as a creative writing major.
Shin emerged as the new voice of her generation with the publication of her second collection,Where the Harmonium Once Stood, in 1993, which won wide recognition for the elegant lyricism and psychological depth of the stories. The book marked a major turning point in Korean fiction, which had been dominated for decades by political novels faithful to the aesthetics of social realism.
She won the prestigious Munye Joongang New Author Prize for her novella, Winter Fables. Her other works, which include Where the Organ Lays, Deep Sorrow, A Lone Room and others, have been recognized as vital parts of Korean literature, vaulting Shin to literary stardom. Her rise in popularity has been given the name of the “Shin Kyung-sook Syndrome”.
Works in English
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Shin emerged as the new voice of her generation with the publication of her second collection,Where the Harmonium Once Stood, in 1993, which won wide recognition for the elegant lyricism and psychological depth of the stories. The book marked a major turning point in Korean fiction, which had been dominated for decades by political novels faithful to the aesthetics of social realism.
She won the prestigious Munye Joongang New Author Prize for her novella, Winter Fables. Her other works, which include Where the Organ Lays, Deep Sorrow, A Lone Room and others, have been recognized as vital parts of Korean literature, vaulting Shin to literary stardom. Her rise in popularity has been given the name of the “Shin Kyung-sook Syndrome”.
Works in English
- Please Look After Mom
- A Lone Room
- The Strawberry Field
- Deep Sorrow 1994
- A Lone Room 1995
- The Train Departs at 7 1999
- Violet 2001
- Yi Jin 2007
- Please Look After Mom 2009
- From Somewhere Afar the Phone Keeps Ringing for Me 2010
- Until It Turns into River 1990
- Where the Harmonium Once Stood 1992
- Potato Eaters 1997
- Strawberry Fields 2000
- The Sound of Bells 2003
- Beautiful Shade 1995
- Sleep, Sorrow 2003
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