En Corée, on « entre en littérature » non pas grâce à un « premier roman » mais avec une nouvelle, dès lors qu’elle est remarquée, primée par les grands quotidiens ou les très actives revues littéraires. Si bien qu’à la différence de la France, ce genre narratif y est devenu un art majeur. Cette anthologie rassemble des textes représentatifs de la production contemporaine : tous ont été publiés au cours de la dernière décennie et mettent en perspective les aspects les plus intimes d’une société dont nous ne connaissons généralement que les succès les plus flatteurs – pour ne pas dire les plus trompeurs. Les auteurs représentés ici, une majorité de femmes, nous renvoient une image sans complaisance de leur monde comme il va. Ils le font, chacun à leur manière, sur des sujets très divers qui reflètent les évolutions contemporaines de la société coréenne et ses contradictions. Ainsi le travail à la chaîne est stigmatisé avec humour (noir ?) dans La fabrique de conserves ; la rudesse du quotidien est décrite dans Nocturne d’un chauffeur de taxi, qui illustre par ailleurs également un phénomène récent dû à l’évolution démographique, le mariage avec des femmes venues d’ailleurs ; les liens unissant la famille se délitent dans Semailles ; les on-dit viennent gangrener une petite ville dans Rumeurs ; le couple vit l’enfer et se désagrège dans Mon mari, tandis qu’il chemine avec poésie vers la mort dans Neuf épisodes ; la femme a conquis sa liberté dans Stoppie à moto mais le bonheur continue à lui échapper… Dix histoires pour faire découvrir une littérature et un pays méconnus.
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편혜영(片惠英,1972년~)은 대한민국의 소설가이다. 서울에서 태어났으며, 서울예대 문예창작과를 졸업하고 한양대학교 국어국문학과 대학원 석사과정을 졸업했다. 2000년 서울신문 신춘문예에 단편소설 〈이슬털기〉가 당선되면서 데뷔했다. 2007년 단편소설 〈사육장 쪽으로〉로 제40회 한국일보문학상을, 2009년 단편소설 〈토끼의 묘〉로 제10회 이효석문학상을, 2012년 소설집 〈저녁의 구애〉로 제42회 동인문학상을, 2014년 단편소설 〈몬순〉으로 제38회 이상문학상을 수상했다. 현재 명지대학교 문예창작학과 교수(2013~)로 재직 중이다. Pyun Hye-young was born in Seoul in 1972. She earned her undergraduate degree in creative writing and graduate degree in Korean literature from Hanyang University. After receiving these degrees, Pyun worked as an office worker, and many office workers appear in her stories. Pyun began publishing in 2000 and published three collections of stories, Aoi Garden, To The Kennels, and Evening Courtship as well as the novel Ashes and Red. In 2007, To the Kennels won the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, in 2009 the short story O Cuniculi won the Yi Hyo-Seok Literature prize and then the Today’s Young Writer Award in 2010, while in 2011 Evening Courtship won the Dong-in Literary Award. Her works have several themes including alienation in modern life, an apocalyptic world, and they are often infused with grotesque images. The novel Ashes and Red explores irony and the dual nature of humanity.
AE-RAN KIM was born in Incheon, South Korea, the youngest of three daughters. She has won the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, Kim Yu-jeong Literary Award, Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award, and the Prix de l'Inaperçu, among others, for her short fiction and collections. My Brilliant Life is her first novel. Associated Names: * Kim Ae-ran * 김애란 (Korean Profile) * คิมแอรัน (Thai Profile)
Jo Kyung Ran (this is the author's preferred Romanization per LTI Korea) is a South Korean writer. Jo’s work is famous for taking trivial, mundane, and everyday occurrences and delicately describing them in subtle emotional tones. Her work has won the Munhakdongne New Writer Award, the Today’s Young Artist Award, The Contemporary Literature Award (for the 2003 novella A Narrow Gate), and the Dong-in Literary Award(2008).[12] Her work has been translated into French, German, Hebrew and English.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. 소설가 한강 Han Kang is the daughter of novelist Han Seung-won. She was born in Kwangju and at the age of 10, moved to Suyuri (which she speaks of affectionately in her work "Greek Lessons") in Seoul. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University. She began her writing career when one of her poems was featured in the winter issue of the quarterly Literature and Society. She made her official literary debut in the following year when her short story "The Scarlet Anchor" was the winning entry in the daily Seoul Shinmun spring literary contest. Since then, she has gone on to win the Yi Sang Literary Prize (2005), Today's Young Artist Award, and the Korean Literature Novel Award. As of summer 2013, Han teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts while writing stories and novels.
