Oh Han-ki

    Oh Han-ki
    오한기
    Pronunciation[o̞ːha̠nki]
    Born
    Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea
    EducationDongguk University
    (creative writing)
    OccupationWriter

    Oh Han-ki (Korean오한기) is a South Korean writer. He was born in 1985 in Anyang, South Korea. He graduated in with a degree in creative writing from Dongguk University. His literary career began when his short story, "An Afternoon With a Folded Parasol" (파라솔이 접힌 오후), won the Hyundae Literary Award in 2012. He has published a short-story collection called "The Way of the Righteous" (의인법). He also won the 2016 Young Writer's Award.

    When Park Seongwon was a professor of fiction writing at Dongguk University's creative writing program, Oh studied under him and became a writer. He also met his literary partner Jeong Jidon, and formed the group ‘Analrealism’. Currently, Oh works in the marketing department of a coffee franchise. He writes fiction at night. However, it seems that he recently left this position.

    Works

    Short story collections

    • Impersonation (의인법), Hyundae Munhak, 2015

    Novels

    • The Man Who Became a Flamingo (홍학이 된 사나이), Munhakdongne, 2016

    Work in Translation

    Awards

    • 2012 Hyundae Literary Award

    Further reading

    • Seo, Hui-won, "Heterotopia's Architects, Also Known as Hopeful Monsters – On the Short Fiction of Oh Han-ki and Jeong Ji-don", Munhakdongne, Summer Issue, 2015.
    • Kwak, Yeong-bin, "Annotation and Criticism, Between Two Ruins – Analrealism and the Implosion of Criticism", Literature and Society, Summer Issue, 2016.
    • Kim, So-yeon, Kim, Jeong-hwan, and Baek Ji-yeon, "Discussion: New Titles to Watch This Season", Creation and Criticism, Spring 2016.
    • Lee, Su-hyeong, Lee, Sang-woo, and Oh Han-ki, "Strengths/Weaknesses", Literature and Society, Summer Issue, 2013.

    References

    1. ^ "오한기 | Digital Library of Korean Literature (LTI Korea)". library.klti.or.kr. Retrieved 2017-11-29.