Bungei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1966) award
Kim Hak Young
きん かくえい
Kin Kakuei
Aliases:
金 廣正 / 김학영
Pen Names:
Kim Hak Young（Pen name used for literary works）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1938-09-14 （Shinmachi, Tano District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan (now part of Takasaki)）
- Died
- 1985-01-04 （Shinmachi, Tano District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan (at his home)） age 46
- Nationality
- Joseon/Chōsen (pre-1972), Republic of Korea (South Korea)
- Languages
- Japanese, Korean
- Residence History
- Shinmachi, Tano District, Gunma Prefecture (now part of Takasaki) → Tokyo, Japan (studied and lived during University of Tokyo years)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer, Columnist
- Active Years
- 1966-1985
- Nominations
- Winter Light, Chisel, Summer Crack, Stone Road
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunma Prefectural Takasaki High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering (Industrial Chemistry) | Faculty of Engineering | Department of Industrial Chemistry / Graduate School of Chemistry (left doctoral program) | 学士（工学） | — | Japan |
Gunma Prefectural Takasaki High School
Country:
Japan
After high school, entered the University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering (Industrial Chemistry)
Faculty of Engineering
/ Department of Industrial Chemistry / Graduate School of Chemistry (left doctoral program)
Degree:
学士（工学）
Country:
Japan
Left doctoral program in the Graduate School of Chemical Sciences
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Bungei Prize | Toeru Kuchi (Freezing Mouth) | — | — | 受賞 |
Bungei Prize
1966
Work:
Toeru Kuchi (Freezing Mouth)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Toeru Kuchi (Freezing Mouth)
1970 Fiction / Short story collectionA short story collection portraying the anguish and loneliness of a second-generation Zainichi Korean. Through stuttering and unstable language the work explores conflicts of identity.
Zainichi Korean identityIdentityAlienationLanguage / Stuttering
Collected Works of Kim Hak Young
1972 Collected worksA collection compiling his early short stories.
Zainichi communityMemory
Arukōru Ranpu
1973 NovelA novel using alcohol and personal breakdown as motifs.
Self-destructionAddiction
The Stone Road
1974 NovelA narrative about movement and the sense of belonging.
MigrationBelongingHistory
Chisel
1978 Short stories / NovelDepicts fractures between society and the individual from a critical viewpoint.
Social critiqueFracture
Nostalgia Ends, and Then We
1983 NovelA later work dealing with nostalgia and a sense of loss.
NostalgiaLossIdentity
Bibliography
- Toeru Kuchi (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1970)
- Collected Works of Kim Hak Young (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1972)
- Arukōru Ranpu (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1973)
- The Stone Road (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1974)
- Chisel (Bungeishunju, 1978)
- Nostalgia Ends, and Then We (Shinchosha, 1983)
- Collected Works of Kim Hak Young (Sakuhinsha, 1986)
- Works of Kim Hak Young Vol.1-2 (Crane, 2004-2006)
- Zainichi Literature Series Vol.6: Kim Hak Young (Bensei Publishing, 2006)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Introspective, restrained proseAttention to linguistic detail in description
- Recurring Motifs
- LonelinessAlienationFamily ruptureStuttering and communication difficulties
Health
-
Stuttering生涯Difficulties in speech influenced his self-expression and literary themes.
Legacy
An author who portrayed a unique inner world shaped by his experience as a second-generation Zainichi Korean. Although his life was short, he is regarded as an important figure in postwar Zainichi literature; his works have been collected and studied.
Trivia
- Birth name: Kim Kwang-jung.
- He had a stutter, which influenced themes in his work.
- In 1972 he changed his nationality from Chōsen (Joseon) to South Korea.
- Died by gas suicide at his home in Gunma Prefecture in 1985.