Hwang Sok-yong
황석영
Hwang Sok-yong was born in Changchun, Manchuria in 1943. During his youth, he dropped out of university and wandered around in many places. Hwang fought as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Hwang debuted as a writer in 1962 when his short story 'Near the Marking Stone' won the Promising Young Writer Award sponsored by the journal Sasanggye (Intellect). In 1970, his short story 'The Pagoda' won The Chosun Ilbo’s (The Chosun Daily) New Year Literary Prize. South Korea in the 1970s experienced rapid industrialisation under a military government. Hwang’s novels Far from Home and The Road to Sampo brilliantly render the poverty and alienation of modern man during this period. Mr. Han’s Chronicle depicts the painful history of the division of the Korean peninsula. The Shadow of Arms is a reflection that sheds light on the meaning of the Vietnam War. Hwang emerged as one of the most prominent writers of Korea with his monumental work Jang Gilsan. Following his unauthorised visit to North Korea in 1989, Hwang lived in exile in Germany and the United States. Upon his return to Seoul in 1993, Hwang was incarcerated; he was later released in 1998. Since 2000, he has written masterpieces such as The Old Garden, The Guest, Shim Cheong and Princess Bari. Many of Hwang’s works have been translated and published in France, the United States, Germany, Italy and Sweden; 56 titles of his translated works are available across 16 languages.
Titles Published in English Shadow of Arms, 2014 The Old Garden, 2009 The Guest, 2006 Selected Bibliography Shim Cheong, 2007 Princess Bari, 2007 Awards Manhae Literary Award Grand Prize, 2004 Daesan Literary Award, 2001 Isan Literary Award, 2000 Danjae Literary Award, 2000 Manhae Literary Award, 1989 Contact The Susijn Agency
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