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Kim Sok-pom

きん せきはん

Kim Sok-pom (Kin Sekihan)

別名: 김석범 / 金錫範 / 慎洋根 / キム・ソクポム
ペンネーム: Kim Sok-pom(Used as his literary name / common author name), Kim Seok-beom(Alternate Korean spelling/reading used in some contexts)

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1925-10-02 (Ikaino, Osaka, Japan)
国籍
Joseon (Chosŏn) nationality
言語
Japanese, Korean
居住地歴
Ikaino, Osaka, Japan → Jeju Island, Korea (early life) → Seoul, Korea (brief residence) → Tokyo, Japan (residence and literary activity)

経歴

職業
Writer, Translator, Journalist
活動期間
1957年〜
所属
Choson Sinbo (reporter), General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) — distanced in 1967

学歴

Kansai University (Specialized Division)
Specialized Division, Department of Economics / Department of Economics
国: Japan
Attended the specialized division at Kansai University; later advanced to Kyoto University Faculty of Letters
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters / Department of Aesthetics
国: Japan
Graduated from the Department of Aesthetics

受賞歴

11th Daibutsu Jiro Prize
1984
対象作品: Volcanic Island (early volumes)
主催: Daibutsu Jiro Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
39th Mainichi Art Award
1998
対象作品: Volcanic Island (complete 7 volumes)
主催: Mainichi Newspapers
結果: 受賞
Jeju 4·3 Peace Prize
2015
対象作品: Volcanic Island and works on the Jeju 4·3 incident
主催: Jeju 4·3 Peace Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Death of the Crow

1967年 Fiction (including short stories)

Set against prisons and social repression, it depicts the suffering of Zainichi Koreans and human conflicts; republished multiple times and regarded as one of the author's representative works.

Zainichi Korean identityDiscrimination and repressionMemory

Mantoku Ghost Tale

1970年 Short fiction / Novel

Using ghost-story elements to reflect social and historical influences, this 1970 work helped establish the author's literary standing.

Ghosts and the supernaturalHistory and the individualSocial oppression

Volcanic Island

1983年 Serialized epic novel

Inspired by the Jeju 4·3 incidents, this long serialized novel (published across 1976–1997) examines landscape, politics, and the transmission of memory; it drew significant attention domestically and abroad.

Jeju 4·3 incidentNationhood and memoryLand and violence
翻訳
  • Korean translation (complete, 2015; trans. Kim Hwan-gi & Kim Hak-dong)

The Spell of Language: 'Zainichi Korean Literature' and Japanese

1971年 Essay / Critical study

A critical study discussing the relationship between Zainichi Korean literature and the Japanese language, addressing language, identity, and the politics of expression.

Language and identityLiterature and politics

全著作

  • Death of the Crow
  • Mantoku Ghost Tale
  • The Spell of Language: 'Zainichi Korean Literature' and Japanese
  • Night
  • The Swindler
  • Summer of 1945
  • Let Those with Voices Speak
  • Nation, Language, Literature
  • Remaining Memories
  • Mandoogi Tales
  • Strange Tales of Passing
  • Festival Without a Priest
  • Thoughts on 'Zainichi'
  • Portraits of the Netherworld
  • Volcanic Island (complete 7 volumes)
  • Years of Paralysis
  • Journey to the Homeland
  • Conversion and the Pro-Japanese Faction
  • Dreams, Deep Grasses
  • Shadows of the Ground
  • From the Bottom of the Sea, From the Bottom of the Earth
  • Full Moon
  • False Sun
  • Crossing Borders: 'Zainichi' Literature and Politics
  • Collected Works of Kim Sok-pom (2 vols)
  • Zainichi Literature Collected Works: Kim Sok-pom
  • Sun Beneath the Ground
  • The Dead Are on the Surface
  • March from the Past
  • From Beneath the Sea (Iwanami Shoten edition)
  • Red Sea Under the Full Moon
  • Kim Sok-pom Essay Collection (2 vols)

作家による翻訳

  • Kim Su-bok, 'Memoirs of a Female Teacher' (translation), Choson Youth Publishing, 1963
  • Hyeon Gi-yeong, 'Aunt Suni' (translation), Shinkan Publishing, 2001 (revised edition 2012)

作品の翻訳

  • Volcanic Island — Korean translation (complete, 2015; trans. Kim Hwan-gi & Kim Hak-dong)

作風・主題

文体
Realist narration interwoven with political and historical concernsLong-form serialized structures layering memoryClear analytical perspective in essays and criticism
頻出モチーフ
Jeju 4·3 incidentGhosts and revenantsSea and islandsMemory and loss

評価・遺産

A leading figure in Zainichi Korean literature, Kim Sok-pom has persistently explored postwar memory, ethnicity, and border issues—most notably in the epic 'Volcanic Island' about the Jeju 4·3 incident. He has been widely recognized through awards and scholarly attention both domestically and abroad.

大衆文化への影響

  • Media coverage and controversy around the 2015 Jeju 4·3 Peace Prize award
  • Subject of academic interest within studies of Zainichi literature

豆知識

  • Legal name: Shin Yang-geun (慎洋根).
  • Born in Ikaino, Osaka to parents from Jeju Island.
  • Has maintained Joseon/Chosŏn nationality as a Zainichi Korean.
  • Recipient of awards including the Daibutsu Jiro Prize (1984), Mainichi Art Award (1998), and Jeju 4·3 Peace Prize (2015).
  • Reports indicate his attempted visit to Korea in 2015 was denied following controversy over remarks at the award ceremony.
  • Active in Japanese-language writing since the 1950s; distanced himself from Chongryon around 1967.