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Flame (Sunwoo Novel)
''Flowers of Fire'' () is a Korean anti-communist novel by Seonu Hwi, in 1957. Plot Characters * Old man Go (고 노인): very conservative old man. He always takes care of Hyun, his grandson, but is primarily interested in ancestral graveyard and topography. * Yunho (연호): Communist, who unsuccessfully attempts to alter Hyun's ideology. Instead he takes hostage Hyun's Grandfather, Old man Go. * Hyun (현): Main character of the novel. Always shows passive action. He steals Communist element's gun and runs away to a cave. Once there, Hyun awakes the 'Flame of Life' (생명의 불꽃), and decides to live properly. * Hyun's Father (현의 아버지): When Hyun was young, he did Korean Independence Movement. However, he is killed by Japanese soldiers. * Hyun's Mother (현의 어머니): Sincere Christian. She subjugates her pain to take care of Hyun. * Aoyama (아오야마): Hyun's only Japanese friend. Later Day, Aoyama volunteer for Imperial away, he gave some potatoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunwoo Hwi
Seonu Hwi (; January 3, 1922 – June 12, 1986) was a South Korean author and novelist. Life Seonu Hwi was born on January 3, 1922, in Chongju, Korea, Empire of Japan. A writer poet, journalist, soldier and philosopher he also fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952. poet, journalist, soldier and philosopher. He was a famous realist and anticommunist writer and journalist. Seonu Hwi graduated from Gyeongseong Teachers School in 1944. He worked as a reporter for Chosun Ilbo before enlisting in the army in 1949 as an information and education officer. He made his literary debut in 1955 with the publication of his story "Ghost" (''Gwisin''). Work The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarized Seonu Hwi's work: :Behavioral humanism, or the expression of an active will in dire situations, characterizes Sunwoo Hwi's literary world. "Flowers of Fire" (''Bulkkot''), for which he first gained recognition, features a man who overcomes his escapist mentality to embrace the spiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dong-in Literary Award
The Dong-in Literary Award () is a South Korean literary award named after novelist Kim Dong-in, established in order to honour the literary achievement of The Republic of Korea. In commemoration of the Korean modern literature pioneer, Kim Dong-In, this award is given each year to the novelists with short and mid-length works published in the main Korean literary magazines to promote the creativity of domestic novelists.The Chosun Ilbo:Many Voices, one Heart The award was established in 1955 and is currently run by the Chosun Ilbo, a newspaper of record A newspaper of record is a major national newspaper with large newspaper circulation, circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and i ... for South Korea. The winners of the literary award since 1956 are: Winners References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dong-In Literary Award, The South Korean literary awards Fiction awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |