Yu Heaon-jong

Infobox Korean name
hangul=유현종
hanja=劉賢鍾
rr=Yu Hyeon-jong
mr=Yu Hyŏnjong

Yu Heaon-jong (b. February 25 1939 [According to Lee (1996, p. 545). This is given as 1940 by the [http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=769959 Naver Encyclopedia] .] ) is a South Korean novelist known for the writing of dramatic historical fiction. He was born in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, to a family of the Gangneung Yu lineage. He graduated from Sorabol Arts College with a degree in creative writing. He emerged on the literary stage when his short story "This Insignificant Stone" received an award from the literary magazine "Jayu Munhak".

Novels

*"City of Discontent", 1968 (불만의 도시)
*"Wild Fire", 1975 (들불)
*"Yongaesomun", 1978 (연개소문)
*"The Three Elite Patrols", 1980 (삼별초)
*"North Road to Mt. Heaven", 1980 (천산북로)
*"Kings' Way", 1981 (왕도)
*"Im Kkok-chong", 1986 (임꺽정)
*"Chang Po-go", 1988 (장보고)
*"Chonggam-nok", 1990 (정감록)
*"Hwangsan", 1989 (황산)
*"Taejoyoung", 1990 (대조영)

Awards

*Hyundai Munhak Literary Prize, 1969
*Korean Fiction Prize, 1976

Notes

References

ee also

*List of Korean novelists
*Contemporary culture of South Korea
*Korean literature