Yun I-hyeong | |
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Born | Lee Seul 1976 (age 46–47) |
Occupation | writer |
Language | Korean |
Nationality | South Korean |
Education | Yonsei University |
Alma mater | Yonsei University |
Period | 2005 - |
Genre | contemporary fiction, science fiction |
Relatives | Lee Ze-ha (farther) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 윤이형 |
Revised Romanization | Yun Ihyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Yun Ihyŏng |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 이슬 |
Revised Romanization | I Seul |
McCune–Reischauer | Ri Sŭl |
Yun I-hyeong (born in 1976) is a South Korean writer. [1]
Her real name is Seul Lee and she was born in 1976 in Seoul,Korea. She is the daughter of the writer Lee Ze-ha. After graduating from Yonsei University with a BA in English Language,she debuted as a writer in 2005 by winning the Joong Ang New Writer Award (중앙신인문학상) with her short novel “검은불가사리.”
After her debut,Yi continued to write,to write short novels and released “피의일요일”(2006) and “셋을위한왈츠”(2006). Most of her published books are collections of shorts stories written by her and sometime her stories will be in a collection with other authors. Her writing was known for going beyond the boundaries of dreams and reality. Her other stories includes “큰늑대파랑”,“루카”,and “개인의기억”She was nominated and won the 5th annual Lineage Literature Award (제5회문지문학상) with her book “루카”which is about homosexuals falling in love. The prize for this award is 10,000,000 won. [2]
She was previously a candidate for the 4th annual Lineage Literature Award through her story “Goodbye.” [3] Author Yun was also nominated for the 5th Annual Young Writer's Award and won a prize of 5,000,000 won as a candidate. Her workpiece that was nominated was “쿤의여행.”First place for the award went to Hwang Jung-eun. [4]
Yun's sole translation into English is Danny the story of a too-human-like robot. Yun takes postmodern trends,in this case the weakening of family bonds,increased mechanization,and the alarming Korean susceptibility to large-level loss of life during catastrophe and blends them together into a charming,and ultimately sad,story of new and unlikely social bonds being restored –in this case between a worn out grandmother and a childcare robot named Danny. Danny is Yun's only translated book so far,but as “Her writing ([is] known for going beyond the boundaries of dreams and reality”(Naver Encyclopedia) including topics controversial in Korea such as homosexual love. [5]
Yun is often grouped,along with such writers as Park Min-gyu,Pyun Hye-young,Cho Hahyeong,and Yun Ko-eun as post-apocalyptic. In fact,discussing two of her more popular works LIST Magazine notes: [6]
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