Hyun Jin-geon was a South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n writer.

Early years

Hyun Jin-geon was born in Daegu, Korea, in 1900 (Two different birth dates are given in the literature, September 2, and August 9). His education was international:He attended high school in Tokyo and studied German at Shanghai Hogang University in China. In China, Hyun and fellow Korean writers Lee Sangwha and Baek Giman published a literary magazine named Geohwa. His first work was published in 1920. In 1922, with Park Jonghwa, Hong Sayong, Park Yeonghui, and Na Dohyang

Dohyang-na

Dohyang-Na was born is Seoul. He graduated from Baejae School and entered Gyungsung National University School of Medicine. However he went to Japan aspiring to find fame in literature. This pursuit of learning about literature didn't last long, because he didn't have the money to support himself...

, Hyun helped found the literary journal White Tide (Baekjo). After six years in fiction he semi-changed careers and began a long career as journalist. In 1940 he returned to writing, serializing Heukchi Sangji

Heukchi Sangji

Heukchi Sangji was a Baekje general who became a leader of the Baekje Revival Movement, and later a Tang Dynasty general.-Independence movement:...

- a novel about a Baekje

Baekje

Baekje or Paekche was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....

general who fought against Tang invaders. This was deemed improper by Japanese censors and the work was never completed. Hyun died on March 21, 1943.

Work

Hyun devoted himself to creating realistic works. beginning with “A Lucky Day” (Unsu joeun nal), He spurned the confessional mode of first-person narrative and instead wrote in the third person perspective in his attempt to portray life vividly and without subjectivity. Working in this manner he wrote some of his most popular works: Fire (Bul), Proctor B and Love Letter (B-sagamgwa leobeu leteo), and Hometown (Gohyang). In 1931, he published his final work of fiction, A Ham-Fisted Thief, and moved to writing long historical novels, including Equator (Jeokdo), The Shadowless Pagoda (Muyeong tap), and Heukchi Sangji.

Works in English

Fire in Flowers of Fire

A Lucky Day in A Washed-out Dream

Works in Korean

COLLECTIONS

Korea's Faces (1926)

The Corrupt (Tarakja)

Overnight Fog (Jisaeneun angae)

Faces of Joseon (Joseonui eolgol)

Selected Stories of Hyeon Jin-geon (Hyeon Jin-geon danpyeonseon)

TRAVEL WRITING

Dangun Pilgrimage (Dangun seongjeok sullye)

HISTORICAL NOVELS
Equator (Jeokdo)
The Shadowless Pagoda (Muyeong tap)
Heukchisangji

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