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Kim Won-il A broken heart in a divided nation Kim Won-il (born 1942) writes about the effects of the Korean War and national division. His writing is, in part, an attempt to come to terms with the circumstances that shaped his youth: Kim’s father, a communist activist, defected to the North during the war, leaving his family in extreme poverty and under constant police surveillance. The dark years of Kim’s childhood were the basis for a series of stories, including “A Festival of Darkness,” “Spirit of Darkness” and “Evening Glow,” which won critical acclaim for reaffirming the value of life in the nihilistic aftermath of the Korean War. With the publication of A Festival of Fire and Winter Valley, Kim Won-il became the foremost writer on the issue of national division. His autobiographical novel A House with a Deep Garden was made into a popular TV series in 1990. In these works, Kim blends realism and lyricism to offer a comprehensive portrayal of Korean society before, during and after the war, with emphasis on the ideological conflict and its dehumanizing effect on life. Since the mid-1990s, Kim Won-il has produced deeply humanistic tales centering on handicapped or socially marginalized groups of people. The writer has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Contemporary Literature Prize (1974), the Republic of Korea President’s Award in Literature (1979), the Korean Creative Writers’ Prize (1979), the Dong-in Literature Prize (1983), the Yi Sang Literature Prize (1990) and the Han Musuk Literature Prize (1998). 44 korea December 2009
Korean Literature Major works Spirit of Darkness (Eodum ui chukje,1973) Today’s Wind (Oneul buneun baram, 1976) Evening Glow (Noeul, 1978) Meditations on a Snipe (1979) Chains of Darkness (Eodumui saseul, 1979) A Festival of Fire (Buleui jejeon, 1983) Wind and River (Baram gwa gang, 1985) Winter Valley (1987) House with a Deep Garden (1989) The Long Road From Here to There (Geugose ireuneun meon gil, 1992) The Evergreen (Neul pureun sonamu, 1993) Source: Korea Literature Translation Institute [JoongAng Ilbo] December 2009 korea 45
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