Lee Seung-u
Encyclopedia
Lee Seung-u is a South Korea
n writer.
Graduate School of Theology. One of the outstanding writers to have emerged in South Korea after the political repression of the 1980s, he is today Professor of Korean Literature at Chosun University
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Lee’s literary career started with his novel A Portrait of Erysichton, which was triggered by his shock at the assassination attempt of Pope Paul II in 1981. This work received the New Writers Award from Korean Literature Monthly. In 1993 Lee’s Two Sides of Life was awarded the 1st Daesan Literary Award and he has also received he East West Literature Prize for I Will Live Long, he has also won the Contemporary Literature Award for Fiction and the Hwang Sun-won Literary Award.
In Portrait of Erysichton, In the Shadow of Thorny Bushes, and Two Sides of Life ), Lee Seung-u works on the notion of Christian redemption and how it intersects with human life, demonstrating how tension between heaven and earth are revealed in quotidian life. Other works, including A Conjecture Regarding Labyrinth and To the Outside of the World face up to disillusionment pursuant to the corruption and devaluation of language.
A Portrait of Erysichton
In the Shadow of Thorny Bushes
Warm Rain
Gold Mask
Two Sides of Life
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Mr. Koo Pyeongmok’s Cockroach
About Eclipse
To the Outside of the World
A Conjecture Regarding Labyrinth
Magnolia Park
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n writer.
Life
Lee Seung-u was born in Jangheung, Jeollanam-do in 1959. Lee Seung-u graduated from Seoul Theological University and studied at Yonsei UniversityYonsei University
Yonsei University is a Christian private research university, located in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1885, it is one of the oldest universities in South Korea, the top private comprehensive universities in South Korea, and is widely regarded as one of the top three comprehensive...
Graduate School of Theology. One of the outstanding writers to have emerged in South Korea after the political repression of the 1980s, he is today Professor of Korean Literature at Chosun University
Chosun University
Chosun University is one of the oldest and most prestigious private universities in South Korea. Its campus is situated in Gwangju metropolitan city, in southwestern South Korea. The current president is Joen Ho-Jong...
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Lee’s literary career started with his novel A Portrait of Erysichton, which was triggered by his shock at the assassination attempt of Pope Paul II in 1981. This work received the New Writers Award from Korean Literature Monthly. In 1993 Lee’s Two Sides of Life was awarded the 1st Daesan Literary Award and he has also received he East West Literature Prize for I Will Live Long, he has also won the Contemporary Literature Award for Fiction and the Hwang Sun-won Literary Award.
Work
Lee has received high critical acclaim in Korea, but is more publicly popular in France than in Korea.In Portrait of Erysichton, In the Shadow of Thorny Bushes, and Two Sides of Life ), Lee Seung-u works on the notion of Christian redemption and how it intersects with human life, demonstrating how tension between heaven and earth are revealed in quotidian life. Other works, including A Conjecture Regarding Labyrinth and To the Outside of the World face up to disillusionment pursuant to the corruption and devaluation of language.
Works in English
The Reverse Side of LifeWorks in Korean (Partial)
NOVELSA Portrait of Erysichton
In the Shadow of Thorny Bushes
Warm Rain
Gold Mask
Two Sides of Life
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Mr. Koo Pyeongmok’s Cockroach
About Eclipse
To the Outside of the World
A Conjecture Regarding Labyrinth
Magnolia Park