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Kim Young-ha

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Young-ha

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Born November 11, 1968 Hwacheon, South Korea

Occupation Novelist

Language Korean

Nationality Korean

Ethnicity Korean

Citizenship Korean

Alma mater Yonsei University

Period 1995-present

Genres Fiction

Literary movement Post modern

Notable work(s) I Have the Right to Destroy Myself

Notable award(s) Yi Sang Literary Award, Dong-in Literary Award

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Kim Young-ha

Hangul - Korean Alphabet 김영하

Hanja - Chinese Character 金英夏

Revised Romanization Gim Yeong-ha

McCune–Reischauer Kim Yŏngha

Kim Young-ha is a modern South Korean writer.[1]

Contents [hide] 1 Life 2 Work 3 Works 4 Works in translation 5 Awards 6 Works in English 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links

Life[edit]

Kim was born in Hwacheon on November 11, 1968. He moved from place to place as a child, since his father was in the military. As a child, he suffered from gas poisoning from coal gas and lost memory before ten.[2] He was educated at Yonsei University in Seoul, earning undergraduate as well as graduate degrees in Business Administration from Yonsei University, but he didn't show much interest in it. Instead he focused on writing stories. Kim, after graduating from Yonsei University in 1993, began his military service as an assistant detective at the military police 51st Infantry Division near Suwon. His career as a professional writer started in 1995 right after discharge when his short-story A Meditation On Mirror (Geoure daehan myeongsang) appeared in Review, and the following year, won the 1st New Writer’s Award given by Munhak Dongne with the novel, I Have a Right to Destroy Myself (Naneun nareul pagoehal gwolliga itda).[1]

Kim previously worked as a professor in the Drama School at Korean National University of Arts and on a regular basis hosted a book-themed radio program. In autumn 2008, he resigned all his jobs to devote himself exclusively to writing. He currently lives in New York City, where he is a visiting scholar at Columbia University.[3]

Work[edit]

His first novel, published in Korean in 1996, was I Have the Right to Destroy Myself. It has been translated into English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Kim’s novels and stories focus on articulating a new mode of sensitivity to life’s thrills and horrors as experienced by Koreans in the ever-changing context of a modern, globalized culture. In his search for a literary style, as is often the case with internationally renowned post-modern novelists, Kim attempts to embark on exhilarating and provoking crossing of the boundaries of high and low genres of narratives. His historical novel Black Flower, which won the Dong-in Literary Award in 2004, tells the story of Korean migrant workers in Mexico later involved in a Pancho Villa-led military uprising. Sources of inspiration for this novel came from classical Bildungsroman, stories of sea trips as illustrated by the popular film Titanic, ethnography of religion, as well as Korean histories of exile and immigration. Another instance of Kim’s mixed style is found in Empire of Light, his fourth novel, in which he raises the question of human identity in a democratic and consumerist Korean society by presenting a North Korean spy and his family in Seoul in the manner of a crime fiction combined with a truncated family saga and naturalist depiction of everyday life. It has been translated seven languages including English (US title: Your Republic Is Calling You).[4]

Kim Yeongha is often judged as a writer skilled in rendering 1990’s urban sensibilities.[1] Featuring a professional suicide assistant as a protagonist, I Have a Right to Destroy Myself pioneers a new realm in the genre of fantasy literature; stories contained in Summoning and What Happened to the Man Caught in the Elevator Door? tackle computer games, plastic art, cult movies, hostage situations, homosexuality, and other subject matters not commonly explored in Korean literature, which are becoming a part of modern reality. Kim’s stories utilize unfamiliar or even strange settings to explore the by-product of modern capitalism and urban culture, such as alienation and inability to communicate, extreme narcissism and its limitations. His second novel, Why Did Arang, centers on the legend of Arang. Murdered by her nanny, Arang becomes a ghost haunting all Miryang deputies in an attempt to expose her killer. The terrified deputies, however, die of fear as soon as they see the ghost, and Arang remains a woeful spirit until a deputy brave enough to stand the sight of her is assigned to Miryang region and finally avenges her. The ancient legend of Arang unfolds simultaneously with the story of two present day characters, hairdresser Yeongju and writer Park; and the narrator takes up the dual role of a storyteller recounting the legend of Arang as well as a detective providing hints and evidence necessary for solving the mysteries presented in the novel. Employing the devices of a detective novel, and at the same time parodying an ancient legend, Why Did Arang reveals that the author’s interest in the art of fiction extends beyond mere plot or characterization to the function of narrator and the very definition of storytelling.

Kim is especially popular with Korean film directors, who have found in his works to be a repository of plots and characters that make for superb film-making. Two films have already been based on his fiction, and the cinematic adaptation of Empire of Light is currently in progress. His novel, The Quiz Show, was also made into a musical.[5]

'''Kim's most recent work is . This is a book about a murderer who has Alzheimer's disease. Main character is a 80 years old old man who has Alzheimer's disease, he slowly missing most of the recent memory, however, he thinks his old memory getting more clear. He was a professional murderer and he is clearly remember how many people and how he killed people. This book talking about how the things that you have done breaking down, just like a car run too fast and suddenly stop at a moment will make the driver shudder in horror of the quite.'''

Works[edit] The Pager (1996) I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (1996) The Call (1997) Whatever Happened to the Guy Stuck in the Elevator? (1999) Your tree (1999) Why, Arangs (2001), Daily life (2001) Black Flower (2003) My Brother’s Back (2004) Empire of Light (2006) Quiz Show (2007) Lalala House (2005) Post it (2005) Traveler (2007) Kim Young-ha Traveler Tokyo (2008) Remember the things you lost (2009) Stay (2010)  Nobody knows what happen (2010) Corn and Me (2012) I Hear You - I can hear your voice (2012) Remember the Murderer's Law (2013) - Murderer's mnemonic system

Works in translation[edit] 퀴즈쇼 Quiz Show (2007) 빛의 제국 Empire of Light a.k.a. Your Republic Is Calling You (2006), winner in 2007 of the Manhae Literary Award 검은 꽃 Black Flower (2003), winner in 2004 of the Dong-in Literary Award 오빠가 돌아왔다 Brother has Returned, (collection of short stories) winner in 2004 of the Yi Sang Literary Award. Photo Shop Murder (English translation 2003) I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (1996; English translation, 2007) Your Republic Is Calling You (2006; English translation, 2010) Schwarze Blume (검은 꽃) German Ein seltsamer Verein (피뢰침) German Kas gi nutiko lifte įstrigusiam vyriškiui (엘리베이터에 낀 그 남자는 어떻게 되었나) Lithuanian CHOI QUIZ SHOW (퀴즈쇼) Vietnamese Hur gick det för mannen som satt fast i hissen? (엘리베이터에 낀 그 남자는 어떻게 되었나) Swedish Tengo Derecho a destruirme ( 나는 나를 파괴할 권리가 있다) Spanish L'IMPERO DELLE LUCI( 빛의 제국) Italian 光之帝国 (빛의 제국) Chinese Kendimi yıkmaya hakkım var (나는 나를 파괴할 권리가 있다 )Turkish Wampir i inne opowiadania (김영하 단편선-엘리베이터에 낀 그 남자는 어떻게 되었나) Polish L'empire des lumières (빛의 제국) French

Awards[edit] New Writer’s Award given by Munhak Dongne (1996) I Have the Right to Destroy Myself Yi Sang Literary Award (2004) The Brother is Back Hwang Sun-won Literature Award (2004) Treasure Ship Dong-in Literature Award (2004) Black Flower Manhae Literary Award (2007) Your Republic is Calling You Ideal Literature Award (2012)

Works in English[edit]

It has been suggested that this section be merged with Works. (Discuss) Proposed since October 2013. Kim, Young-ha (2007). I Have the Right To Destroy Myself (First edition ed.). New York: Harvest. ISBN 978-0-15-603080-9. Kim, Young-ha (2010). Your Republic Is Calling You (First edition ed.). New York: Mariner. ISBN 978-0-15-101545-0. Kim, Young-ha. Black Flower (First edition ed.). New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt=2012. ISBN 978-0547691138.

References[edit]

1.^ Jump up to: a b c Author Database: Yi Mun-yol - LTI Korea http://eng.klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do 2.Jump up ^ http://www.authortrek.com/kim_young-ha_page.html 3.Jump up ^ Standaert, Michael (25 July 2007). "Korean Author Speaks at US Writing Program". Seoul Times. 4.Jump up ^ http://kimyoungha.com/english/bio.html 5.Jump up ^ Kim Young-ha Official Website: http://www.kimyoungha.com/wp/

Further reading[edit] Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture (2007), vol. 1 has three translated short stories by Kim as well as an interview with him. Lee, Kwang Ho (2007) "Cultural Hybridity in Contemporary Korean Literature," Korean Journal Spring 2007: 28-49; see pp. 35–36. Lee, Hye Ryoung (2007) "The Transnational Imagination and Historical Geography of 21st Century Korean literature," Korean Journal Spring 2007: 50-78; see pp. 50–51, 58-60 and 63-69. Bold text