Lee O-young

Lee O Young
Born	January 15, 1934
Language	Korean
Nationality	South Korean
Ethnicity	Korean
Citizenship	South Korean

Korean name
Hangul	이어령

Lee O Young (born January 15, 1934)^[1] is a South Korean critic and novelist.^[2] Although the romanized spelling of the hangul name "이어령" might be Yi O-Ryŏng or Lee Eo-ryeong, Lee O Young is the author's preferred romanization per Literature Translation Institute of Korea.^[3]

Life

Lee O Young was born on January 15, 1934^[4][1] (other sources cite December 29, 1933^[2]) in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.^[1] Lee went to Buyeo High School and Seoul National University from which he received an undergraduate (1956) and graduate (1959) degree in Korean Literature. Lee has taught at Ewha Womans University, where he is a professor emeritus, and Dankook University. Lee has also served as the chief editor of Literary Thought (Munhak sasang) and as the Korean Minister of Culture.^[5]

Work

Lee O Young was one of the most prominent figures to emerge from the “postwar generation” of Korean critics. Making his mark with his first piece of literary criticism, “On Lee Sang” (Lee Sang non, 1955), he caused a stir in literary circles with his next essay, “Destruction of an Idol” (Usang eui pagoe), published in Hankook Ilbo in 1956. At a time when the war experience seemed to have devastated the literary imagination as well, Lee O Young argued for the expansion and enrichment of Korean literature in articles that featured considerable rhetorical sophistication and verve. “A Treatise on Metaphor.”^[6]

Literary Works

Translated Works

• The General's Beard (장군의 수염 )

Works in Korean (Partial)

Critical Collections

• Literature of Resistance (Jeohang eui munhak, 1959)
• The New Wave of Postwar Literature (Jeonhu munhag eui saemulgyeol)
• Literature in the Age of Curfew (Tonggeum sidae eui munhak)

Fiction

• The General’s Beard (Janggun eui suyeom)
• The Assassin (Amsalja)
• Wartime Decameron (Jeonjaeng Dekameron)
• Phantom Legs (Hwangag eui dari)

Essays

• In This Earth & In That Wind: This Is Korea (Heuk soge jeo baram soge, 1963)

Received Awards

Lee has won a variety of Korean awards.^[7]

• 2011 20th Sochung Saseon Culture Award, special award (ì œ20회 소충 사선문화상 특별상)
• 2011 24th Christian Culture Award, special award in literature (ì œ24회 기독교문화대상 시상식 문학 특상)
• 2009 2nd Grand Award for Korean People, category for literature (ì œ2회 한민족문화예술대상 문학부문상)
• 2009 International Masaoka Shiki Award (마사오카 시키 êµ­ì œ 하이쿠상)
• 2007 2nd Mask of Respect Award (ì œ2회 마크 오브 리스펙트상)
• 2003 48th Award of the Korean Council for Art (ì œ48회 대한민국 예술원상, 문학부문)
• 2001 Cultural Award of Seoul (서울시문화상, 문학부문)
• 1996 24th Award of Japan for International Exchange (ì œ24회 일본 국제교류기금 대상)
• 1992 Award for Design Culture of Japan (일본 디자인문화상)
• 1979 Korean Award for Culture and Art (대한민국 문화예술상)

References

1. "이어령" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
2. "이어령" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do#
3. "Author Database". LTI Korea. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
4. "Lee O Young, the journalist and literature critic". Naver. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
5. "Lee Oyoung" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do#
6. Source-attribution|"Lee Oyoung" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do#
7. "Lee O Young, the journalist and literature critic > 수상내역". Naver. Retrieved 18 November 2013.