Life
Jung Chan was born in 1953 and graduated fromWork
Jung was profoundly influenced by the Gwangju Uprising, which occurred while he was working as a reporter for the Dong-a Ilbo. What intrigued Jung was not so much the political issue, but the issues of men confronting death and redemption. In ''Perfect Soul'' (Wanjeonhan yeonghon), barbarity of those in power is contrasted against the simplicity and passivity of innocent souls. Another concern in Jung's work is the relationship between power and language. The power here is the end product of the corruption of language or language turned ideological. Jung's ''Ice House'' (Eoreumui jip) and ''Song of Sadness'' (Seulpeumui norae) offer a careful meditation upon the language of novels and ''Owl'' focuses on the tension between God's silence and the language of corrupt power. In Ice House (Eoreumui jip), what the powerful pursues so relentlessly is ultimately identified as the place of God. While delving into the interchange between the essence and the manifestations of essence, Jung also investigates the problem of fictional language revealed in the novel itself. For this reason, his work is often seen as occupying a middle ground between poetics and novels.Works in translation
* The Cozy Path ()Works in Korean (partial)
Novels * The Evening of the World (1998) * Gold Ladder (1999) * Under the Broom Tree (1999) * A Shadow Soul (2000) * Short Story Collections * The River of Memory (1989) * A Perfect Soul (1992) * Cozy Road (1995) * Dead in Venice (2003)Awards
* Dong-in Literary AwardReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Chan 1953 births Living people South Korean writers Seoul National University alumni