Lee Yangji

Lee Yangji
Born	이양지 March 15, 1955 Nishikatsura, Yamanashi, Japan
Died	May 22, 1992(1992-05-22) (aged 37)
Occupation(s)	writer, novelist

Lee Yangji
Hangul	이양지
Hanja	李良枝
Revised Romanization	I Yangji
McCune–Reischauer	I Yangji
Also referred to in Japanese as: イ・ヤンジ (I Yanji)

Yangji Lee (March 15, 1955 – May 22, 1992) was a second generation Japanese-Korean novelist born in Nishikatsura, Yamanashi, Japan. When she was in grade school, her parents acquired Japanese citizenship and her nationality became Japanese at that time. Upon naturalization, she adopted the name Tanaka Yoshie (田中 淑枝).

In 1982, while studying at Seoul National University, Lee published her work Nabi Taryong in the literary magazine Gunzou and her career as a writer began. In 1988, her work Yuhi won the 100th Akutagawa Prize, making her the second Zainichi Korean to receive the prize (the first being Lee Hoesung). While writing the novel Ishi no Koe, she contracted acute myocarditis and soon died.

Bibliography

• Grieving Butterflies, 1982 (jap. ナビ・タリョン)
• Woman Diver, 1983 (jap. かずきめ)
• The Other Side of a Shadow Picture, 1985 (jap. 影絵の向こう)
• The Auburn Afternoon, 1985 (jap. 鳶色の午後)
• Time Ticking, 1985 (jap. 刻)
• Yuhi (jap. 由熙, ユヒ, kor. 유희)
• The Voice of Stones, 1992 (jap. 石の声)
• The Collection of Lee Yangji, 1993 (jap. 李良枝全集)

References

• SHIN Eunju (申銀珠). "ソウルの異邦人、その周辺一李艮枝「由煕」をめぐって (Portrait of a Foreigner's World in Seoul: Yuhi by Yi Yangji)" (PDF). Niigata University of International and Information Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-16.

External links

• Synopsis of Yuhi at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (in English)