Chang Yong-hak
| Chang Yong-hak | |
| Hangul | 장용학 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 張龍鶴 |
| Revised Romanization | insert here |
| McCune–Reischauer | insert here |
Chang Yong-hak (25 April 1921 – 31 August 1999) was a Korean writer. Chang was born in Hamyeong Buk-do in what is now North Korea. He studied at Waseda University in Japan, before being drafted into the Japanese army. After the end of World War Two, he taught high school in Korea, writing fiction on the side.
His short story, translated as "The Poems of John the Baptist" (available in English translation in Ten Korean Short Stories, edited by Ken O'Rouke, 1993), was a critical success in Korea.[1]
Chang has been characterized as an idea novelist influenced by Sartre and philosophical ideas both Oriental and Occidental [2] and as a writer of fantasy.[3]
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References
- ↑ Kim, Chong-un (1974). Postwar Korean Short Stories. Seoul: Seoul National University Press. p. 347.
- ↑ Kim, Chong-un (1974). Postwar Korean Short Stories. Seoul: Seoul National University Press. p. 347.
- ↑ 송선령 [Song Seon Ryeong] (2009). A study of Fantasy in 한국 현대 소설의 환상성 연구 : 이상, 장용학, 조세희를 중심으로 [The Modern Korean Novel: Mainly Lee Sang, Chang Yong-Hak and Cho Se-Hee]. Seoul: Ewha Womans University.
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