Song Yeong
Song Yeong was a South Korean modern writer.
Life
Seong Young was born on March 15, 1940, in Yeongkwang Jeollanam-do, Korea. Song graduated with a degree in German Literature from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. After his graduation in 1963, he took a teaching job. His literary debut came in 1967 with the publication of "Cock-fighting" in the journal Creation and Criticism.His sobriquet was Mokdang. He died on October 14, 2016, aged 76.
Work
The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarizes his work:Works in Korean (Partial)
Novels- To My Bride
- My Love Will Open Her Eyes
- Love Song in a Peanut Shell
- The Running Emperor
- The Teacher and the Crown Prince
- Night in the Park
- That Room at the End of the Slope
- "Seasons"
- "Memo of a Job Seeker"
- "A Paradox Concerning Spring"
- "Sound of Footprints"
- "Sound of Drums", "Doctor Kim"
- "The Photographer on the Roof"
- "In the Doghouse"
- "The Braggart"
- "The Leader".
Awards
- Contemporary Literature Prize in 1987