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| Author | Annie Park (朴玉順) |
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| Original title | 내별은어느하늘에: 白人混血兒洋公主의手記 |
| Language | Korean |
| Publisher | Seoul: Wangja Chulpansa (王子出版社) |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Publication place | South Korea |
| Pages | 258 |
| OCLC | 44172162 |
| My Forsaken Star | |
| Hangul | 내별은어느하늘에:백인혼혈아양공주의수기 |
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| Hanja | 내별은어느하늘에:白人混血兒洋公主의手記 |
| Literal meaning | What sky will my star go to:Diary of a mixed-race prostitute |
| Revised Romanization | Nae byeoreun eoneu haneure:Baegin honhyeora yanggongjuui sugi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nae pyŏrŭn ŏnŭhanŭre:Paegin honhyŏra yanggongjuŭi sugi |
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]
