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Song Sangok(송상옥)

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Title
Song Sangok
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Pen Name
宋相玉, 李東河, Song Sangok
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Birth
1938
Death
2010
Occupation
Novelist
Period
Modern
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Song Sangok (1938-)  is a South Korean novelist. He began his literary career when his short story “Geomeun ippal” (검은이빨 Black Teeth) won the Dong-A Ilbo Spring Literary Contest in 1959, and another short story “Je 4 akjang” (제4악장 The Fourth Movement) was recommended through the literary journal Sasanggye. Having lived in the United States for a long time, he wrote about the immigrants and their wanderings, stories, and the sorrows of their lives in his works. l  Novel Deulso sanyang (들소 사냥 Hunting a Bison) (1996)l  Novel Gwanghwamun-gwa haembeogeo-wa Ppapikkot (광화문과 햄버거와 파피꽃 The Gwanghamun Gate and Hamburger and Poppies) (1996)


송상옥(1938~)은 한국의 소설가다.  1959년 '동아일보' 신춘문예에 '검은이빨'로 입선하고, '사상계'에 '제4악장'이 추천되며 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 오랜 미국생활을 바탕으로 이민자들의 방황과 제각각의 곡절 그리고 삶의 비애를 소설에 담아내었다. 


宋相玉(1938-),韩国小说家。1959年作品《黑齿》(《검은 이빨》)入选《东亚日报》新春文艺后,在《思想界》发表了《第四乐章》(《제4악장》),从此投身创作活动。其作品以作家长期的旅美生活经历为基础,描绘了移民者的彷徨、个人的曲折经历及人生的哀乐。


长篇小说《野牛狩猎》(《들소 사냥》,1996)、《光化门、汉堡与罂粟花》(《광화문과 햄버거와 파피꽃》,1996)

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    Korean(한국어) Printed/Published Work
    한국현대단편선

    Hangukhyeondaedanpyeonseon

    Cho Se-hee et al / 조세희 et al / -

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