Seo Yeong-eun
Seo Yeong-eun is a South Korean writer.
Life
Born in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, Seo graduated from Gangneung Teacher Training School in 1961 and entered Konkuk University in 1963 to study English Language and Literature. However she left the university in 1965. In 1968, her short story, "Bridge" was accepted for publication by World of Thoughts and the following year, "I and 'I'" was published in Monthly Literature. She also worked as an editor for Literature and Thought and reported for Korean Literature, under the editorship of Lee Mungu. In 1983, she published a novella, The Distant Other, which won the Yi Sang Literary Award.Works in translation
- A Walk in the Mountains
Works in Korean (partial)
- How To Cross a Desert
- A Festival of Flesh and Bones
- Tagger, Tagger
- Golden Feather
- The End of the River
- A Window with a Ladder
- From Road to Oceanside
- From Dream Road to Dream Road.
Awards
- Yi Sang Literature Prize for her short story "The Distant Other"
- Yeonam Literary Prize for ''A Window with a Ladder''