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Hwang was born while Korea was under Japanese colonial rule in Taedong County, South Pyongan, in modern-day North Korea.Hwang Sunwon made his literary debut as a middle school student with the publication in 1931 of his poems “My Dream” (Naui kkum) and “Fear Not, My Son” (Adeura museowo malla) in Eastern Light (Donggwang). [1]
The Descendants of Cain (Korean: 카인의 후예) is a 1954 novel by South Korean writer Hwang Sun-won (황순원). It was instantly popular and has continued to be a steady seller ever since. [ citation needed ] It was selected by LTI Korea for translation into English and French.
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Rain Shower", also "Shower" or "Sonagi" (소나기), is a Korean short story written by Korean writer Hwang Sun-won in 1952. A sonagi is a brief but heavy rain shower that starts suddenly, usually on a hot afternoon. In Hwang’s story, the rain shower symbolizes the short but heart-rending love between the boy and the girl.
Fulton has translated a variety of works, including novels (such as Cho Se-hui’s The Dwarf) and anthologies (such as Land of Exile, The Red Room, Lost Souls: Stories by Hwang Sunwon. ) [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Fulton almost always works in partnership with his wife, Ju-Chan Fulton, in translating works from Korean to English.
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His career as a professional writer started in 1995 right after discharge when his short-story A Meditation On Mirror (Geoure daehan myeongsang) appeared in Review, and the following year, won the 1st New Writer's Award given by Munhak Dongne with the novel, I Have a Right to Destroy Myself (Naneun nareul pagoehal gwolliga itda).
After he published Atene ganeun bae (아테네 가는 배 The Ship Bound for Athens) in early 1985, he won the Dongin Literary Award. Hwang Sun-won, who was the judge for the award, has said the following of the story: "It is a great harvest to have gotten this work, which allowed us to profoundly reaffirm the pain of our division to the world."