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O Yu-gwon(오유권)

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Title
O Yu-gwon
Family Name
O
First Name
Yu-gwon
Preferred Name
-
Pen Name
呉有権, O, 呉有権
ISNI
0000000078325711
Birth
1928
Death
1999
Occupation
Novelist
Period
Modern
Representative Works
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  • Chinese(汉语)

O Yu-gwon (1928-1999) was a South Korean novelist who debuted in 1955 with the short stories “Du nageune” (두 나그네 Two Wanderers) and “Chamwe” (참외 Korean Melons) through Hyundae Munhak. O had a keen interest in the declining world of agriculture, making full use of local dialect to express the tragedies of farmers in novel form, and was known as an agricultural writer. O was awarded the Hyundae Munhak New Writer’s Award (1961) and the Soil Literary Prize (1978).


* Short story “Heuk nohada” (흙 노하다 “Soil Becomes Outraged”) (1965)

* Short story “Nongjijeongni” (농지정리 “Cleaning the Farmland”) (1970)

* Short story “Nonjisanghanseon” (농지상한선 “Farmland Limitation Line”) (1982)

* Short story “Mokwachonui saedaek” (목화촌의 새댁 “The New Bride at the Cotton Farm”) (1988)


오유권(1928~1999)은 한국의 소설가다. 1955년 단편<두 나그네>와 <참외>로 <현대문학>의 추천을 받아 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 황폐하고 퇴락해가는 농촌문제에 대한 관심을 토대로 토속어를 사용하여 농민의 비참한 삶을 소설로 풀어내었다. 농촌의 실정을 지속적으로 작품화했던 작가는 '농민작가'로 불리기도 한다. 

현대문학신인상(1961), 흙의 문학상(1978)을 수상했다.  


吴有权(1928-1999)，韩国小说家。1955年短篇小说《两位游客》（《두 나그네》）和《香瓜》（《참외》）受《现代文学》推荐后，开始从事创作活动。作家十分关心农村的衰落问题，并以此为题材用通俗易懂的语言创作了反映农民悲惨生活的作品。他因坚持创作反映农村现实的作品而被誉为“农民作家”。曾获现代文学新人奖（1961）、土地文学奖（1978）。        


短篇小说《土地的愤怒》（《흙 노하다》，1965）、《耕地整理》（《농지정리》，1970）、《耕地的限额》（《농지상한선》，1982）、

                  《棉花村的新娘》（《목화촌의 새댁》，1988）


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