Kim Mi-wol

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Kim Mi-wol
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Kim Mi-wol at China Cafe, Gwangwhamun Station, Seoul
Born1977 (age 40–41)
LanguageKorean
NationalityRepublic of Korea
PeriodModern
Notable worksWhat Has Yet to Happen
Korean name
Hangul 김미월
Revised Romanization Gim Mi-wol
McCune–Reischauer Kim Miwŏl


Kim Mi-wol is a multiply awarded modern writer of fiction born in Gangneung, South Korea. [1]

Fiction any story or setting that is derived from imagination, can be conveyed through any medium (films, books, audio plays, games, etc.)

Fiction broadly refers to any narrative that is derived from the imagination—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact. It can also refer, more narrowly, to narratives written only in prose, and is often used as a synonym for the novel.

Gangneung Municipal City in Gwandong, South Korea

Gangneung is a city in the province of Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 213,658. Gangneung is the economic centre of the Yeongdong region of Gangwon-do. Gangneung has many tourist attractions, such as Jeongdongjin, a very popular area for watching the sun rise, and Gyeongpo Beach. There is an ROK airbase south of downtown Gangneung that formerly doubled as a civil airport.

South Korea Republic in East Asia

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying to the east of the Asian mainland. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. South Korea lies in the north temperate zone and has a predominantly mountainous terrain. It comprises an estimated 51.4 million residents distributed over 100,363 km2 (38,750 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Seoul, with a population of around 10 million.

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Life

Kim Mi-wol was born in 1977 in Gangneung in the Gangwon province of South Korea. Her father was a public servant and so she moved, along with his job, to Hongcheon for middle school. Unusually, she enjoyed, saying, "I liked moving to a new school. The excitement of encountering something new was overwhelming. The sadness of separation from things that were familiar paled in comparison." [2]

Kim became a writer, she says, because "when the book I was reading had an ending that I did not like, I would re-write the conclusion of as I see It fit. Little Women, A Dog of Flanders, Sonagi (by Hwang Soon Won) and Tess are some of the examples. Considering the examples are all tragic stories, I must have preferred a happy ending even in my younger years. [2]

She attended a secondary school for girls in Chuncheon. She then moved to Seoul and got a degree from Korea University in Linguistics and a degree at the University of the Arts in Seoul in creative writing. She made her literary debut in 2004 with her work "Think Your Way Through the Garden" (Jeongwone gireul mutda) published in the newspaper Segye Ilbo. She has received the Munhakdongne Young Writers Award three times (2010, 2012, 2013).

Chuncheon Municipal City in South Korea

Chuncheon is the capital of Gangwon Province in South Korea. The city lies in the north of the county, located in a basin formed by the Soyang River and Han River. There are some large lakes around the city, most notably Lake Soyang and Lake Uiam. The area is renowned for its small river islands, such as Sangjungdo, Ha-Jungdo, Bungeodo and Wido.

Korea University university in Busan .South Korea

Korea University is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea.

Segye Ilbo is a Korean language newspaper. The newspaper is owned by News World Communications, which was established by the Unification Church.

Work

While Kim made her debut with "Think Your Way Through The Garden" she was initially most recognized [1] for “Guide to Seoul Cave” the eponymous short story from her first collection which was published in 2007. [3] The story deals with the isolation of modern individuals, adrift in society at large. Her tone shifted in her first novel “The Eighth Room,” (2010) which was both warm and funny in describing the position of young adults in the modern world. Later on, her work narrowed, dealing with characters who lived largely within themselves and replaced personal relationships with relationships with various objects, creating for themselves a kind of "virtual paradise". [3]

As demonstrated in her work "What Has Yet To Happen," Kim writes about young Koreans isolated in minimal spaces in which they embrace the reality that solitude is inescapable. Loneliness, is not unusual, in fact it is inescapable and the only answer to this fact is in an existential aesthetic - not some strong will that overpowers all weakness, rather the narrower struggle to create an autonomous space by essentially embracing detachment and indifference. [3]

Awards

Works in English

Works in Korean

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References

  1. 1 2 Kim Mi-wol (1996). What Has Yet to Happen. Seoul: ASIA Publishers. pp. inner sleeve. ISBN   979-11-5662-037-2.
  2. 1 2 Montgomery, Charles. "Interview with Kim Mi-wol, author of "What Has Yet to Happen"". KTLIT. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 An, Sonjae (Autumn 2011), "Copyright: Guide to a Seoul Cave", Koreana: A Quarterly on Korean Arts and Culture, 25: 92–99
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