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Ahn Junghyo

South Korean novelist (–)

In this Korean name, the family name is Ahn.

Ahn Junghyo

Born()2 December
Keijō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died1 July () (aged&#;82)
LanguageKorean
NationalitySouth Korean
CitizenshipSouth Korean

Ahn Junghyo[a] (2 December – 1 July ) was a South Korean novelist and literary translator.[3]

Life

Ahn Junghyo was born on 2 December , in Seoul, where he graduated from Sogang University with a BA in English literature in He worked as an English-language writer for The Korea Herald in , and later served as a director for The Korea Times in – He was editorial director for the Korean division of Encyclopædia Britannica from to [4]

Ahn made his debut as a translator in , when he published a Korean translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, which was serialized in the monthly Literature & The Intellect&#;[ko].[5] From that time until the late s, he translated approximately foreign works into Korean.

Ahn died of cancer on 1 July , at the age of [6]

Work

His first novel was Of War and the Metropolis, now known as White War (하얀전쟁), which was published in to a chilly critical reception. It discussed his experiences as a Republic of Korea Army soldier in the Vietnam War. He translated it into English and had it published in the United States, where it was released by Soho Press in under the title The White Badge.

In it was also made into a film, White Badge, shot on location in Vietnam.[7] The book was then reissued in Korea as White War in , and was received much more favorably than before.

Works in Korean

Awards

See also

References

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    National Library of Korea.

    Ahn jung hyo biography of abraham Stay in one place and grow old. Periodicals Literature. Meanwhile, he continues to write. Unable to carry his 4-year-old sister, his mother was obliged to abandon her in a snowy field.

    Retrieved 18 September

  2. ^"Author Database". LTI Korea. Archived from the original on 21 September Retrieved 25 December
  3. ^"안정효" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: #Archived 21 September at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^Lee, Kyung-ho (). "Ahn, Jung-Hyo".

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    Who's Who in Korean Literature. Seoul: Hollym. pp.&#;13– ISBN&#;.

  5. ^Korean Writers The Novelists. Minumsa Press. p.&#;9.
  6. ^'하얀 전쟁' 소설가 안정효 별세…향년 82세(in Korean)
  7. ^Kagan, Richard C. (October ), "Disarming Memories: Japanese, Korean, and American Literature on the Vietnam War", Critical Asian Studies, 32 (4), archived from the original on 1 December , retrieved 2 December

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