My Forsaken Star
| Author | Annie Park (朴玉順) |
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| Original title | 내별은어느하늘에: 白人混血兒洋公主의手記 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Publisher | Seoul: Wangja Chulpansa (王子出版社) |
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Publication date
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1965 |
| Pages | 258 |
| OCLC | 44172162 |
| My Forsaken Star | |
| Hangul | 내별은 어느 하늘에: 白人 混血兒 洋公主의 手記 |
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| Hanja | 내별은 어느 하늘에: 백인 혼혈아 양공주의 수기 |
| Revised Romanization | Nae byeol-eun oneu haneul-e: Baek-in Honhyeol-a Yanggongju-eui Sugi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nae pyǒl-ǔn onǔ hanǔl-e: Paek-in Honhyǒl-a Yanggongju-ǔi Sugi |
| Literally, "What sky will my star go to: Diary of a mixed-race prostitute" | |
My Forsaken Star or My Star in What Sky are English names used to refer to the Korean-language autobiography of Annie Park.[1][2] The book's English subtitle was "Question Forever".[2]
Park, the Eurasian daughter of a South Korean prostitute and an American soldier stationed in South Korea, found out about her mother's occupation one night at age six by following her to work; as Park returned home that same night, she was lured into an alley and sexually assaulted by a stranger. Park herself began working as a prostitute at age 16. She and a ghostwriter authored and published her book in South Korea three years later. The book became a best-seller, and was serialised in newspapers at the time; a movie based on the book began filming in late November 1965.[1] The movie version was the debut performance of Yi Yeong-ok; Yi would go on to act in a number of other movies, such as the 1972 Janghwa Hongryeonjeon.[3]
There were also plans to create a South Korean television series based on My Forsaken Star, as well as a U.S. version of the book.[1][2] Kodansha published a Japanese translation by Naoki Matsumoto in 1966 under the title Waga Hoshiha Izukoni: Aoimeno Kankoku Joseino Shugi ("Where Will My Star Go: Diary of a Blue-Eyed Korean Girl").[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "South Korea: Confucius' Outcasts", Time Magazine, 1965-12-10, retrieved 2009-12-02
- ^ a b c "Girl Tells Mixed-Blood Plight", Chicago Tribune, p. B4, 1965-12-06, retrieved 2009-12-02
- ^ Bak, Hoe-seok (2007-06-12), "다시보는 선데이서울: 청춘영화의 대명사 이영옥/Seoul Sinmun Sunday Edition retrospective: Yi Yeong-ok, a name synonymous with teen movies", Seoul Sinmun, retrieved 2009-12-05
- ^ 朴玉順 [Bak Ok-sun]; 松本直樹 [Matsumoto Naoki] (1966), 『わが星はいずこに : 青い目の韓国女性の手記』, 講談社 [Kodansha], JPNO 66003811
External links[edit]
- Table of contents, from the database of the National Library of Korea
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