Choi In-ho
| Choi In-ho | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | South Korea |
| Period | 1945-present |
| Genres | Modern Korean Fiction |
| Notable work(s) | Deep Blue Night, Tower of Ants, The Boozer |
Choi In-ho is a South Korean writer. Born in 1945 in Seoul,[1] Choi was a literary prodigy, publishing his first story, Patient Apprentice, while only 18.[2] Choi graduated from the English Department at Yonsei University in Seoul.[3]
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[edit] Career
A handful of his early stories gained notice when they won competitions sponsored by local papers (The Hanguk ilbo in 1963, the Chosun ilbo in 1966) and the Sasanggye Magazine (1968).[4] His early stories (Including the widely anthologized in English, The Boozer which created general awareness of his career in 1970 – though written earlier[5]) limned harsh and satirical landscapes of the results of consumerism.
In the mid-1970s Choi generalized his focus to that of alienation and wrote the brilliant Deep Blue Night, which told of the harsh and alienated 'road trip' of two Koreans in California. Deep Blue Night was translated into English by Bruce Fulton and his wife Ju-Chan Fulton for the Korea Literature Translation Institute and Jimoondang Publishing, and won the prestigious Yi Sang award in Korea in 1982.
Choi converted to Catholicism in the mid 1980s,[6] but nonetheless managed to extend his narrative range to include Buddhism in Road Without Road.
Besides winning the Yi Sang award Choi has also been awarded the 1972 Contemporary Literature Prize, and taught at Yonsei and Catholic Universities.
[edit] WORKS
- Deep Blue Night Jimoondang Press (May 31, 2008) ISBN 89-88095-62-6
- Tower of Ants Hollym International Corporation (December 31, 2004) ISBN 1-56591-202-0
- The Boozer In – Land of Exile ISBN 0-7656-1810-9
- Another Man's Room In – Modern Korean Fiction an Anthology ISBN 0-231-13512-2
