Jung Mikyung

Jung Mi-Kyung (Hangul: 정미경; 4 February 1960 – 18 January 2017) was a modern South Korean novelist.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Jung.
Jung Mi-Kyung
Born(1960-02-04)4 February 1960
Masan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Died18 January 2017(2017-01-18) (aged 56)
Hallym Univ. Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
OccupationNovelist
LanguageKorean
NationalitySouth Korean
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Korean name
Hangul
정미경
Hanja
鄭美景
Revised RomanizationJeong Mi-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Mi-gyŏng

Life

Jung Mi-Kyung was born on February 4, 1960, in Masan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.[2] Jung graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in English literature and in 1987 made her literary debut by winning the drama category of the JoongAng Literary Award. After this, however, she withdrew from literary work for over a decade, re-entering the scene as a novelist, debuting with the short story "The Woman With Arsenic" in the Fall volume of World Literature. Thereafter, she has concentrated on her literary career with great success.[1]

Work

Korean critic Kim Kyung-Yeon has referred to Jung's work as, "(portraying) a deceptive society full of absurd spectacles, where truth and falseness are intertwined, appearances define nature, and values are destroyed. She shows us the dark side of post-capitalist society through those who struggle to live amidst these absurd spectacles.[3]

Selected works

Short Stories

  • “The Woman with Arsenic”

Novels

  • La Vie en Rose.
  • The Strange Sorrow of Wonderland (2005)
  • Stars of Africa (2010)

Short Story Collections

  • Bloodstained Lover (2004)
  • They Gave Me Balkan Roses (2006)
  • My Son's Girlfriend (2008)

Awards

References
  1. ”Jung Mi-Kyung" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Naver Search". naver.com. Naver. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  3. ""Lee Moon-Yol" Biographical PDF, LTI Korea, p. 5. available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do?method=author_detail&AI_NUM=873&user_system=keuser
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