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Pak Kyongni (This is the author's preferred Romanization per LTI Korea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Author Database )〕) (December 2, 1926 – May 5, 2008) was a prominent South Korean novelist.〔"박경리" LTI Korea Library Author Database: http://library.klti.or.kr/node/133〕 She was born in Tongyeong, in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, and later lived in Wonju in Gangwon-do Province. Park made her literary debut in 1955, with ''Gyesan'' (계산, Calculations). She is, however, most well known for her 16-volume story ''Toji'' (토지, The Land), an epic saga set on the turbulent history of Korea during 19th and 20th century. It was later adapted into a movie, a television series and an opera. 〔(Pak Kyongni: South Korean novelist – Author whose epic novel, Toji, is regarded as one of the greatest contributions to Korean literature ) – ''The Times (June 8, 2008)'' (Retrieved on July 10, 2008)〕 “She is a big figure in Korean literature, who we will have little chance to meet in the near future.” Pak Kyongni died from lung cancer at the age of 81 on May 5, 2008〔 and many literary men recollected her as a guide for their literary works and life as a writer. She was posthumously awarded the country's top medal by the Culture Ministry of South Korea for her promoting South Korean arts.〔("Park Kyung-ni Dies at 82" ) – ''The Korea Times (05-05-2008)'' (Retrieved on May 12, 2008)〕 ==Life== Pak Kyongni was born as the first daughter to a middle-class family in 1926 in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province. Her birth name was Park Geum-i (박금이). Her father, Park Su-yeong (박수영) married her mother at his age of fourteen, who was older than he was by 4 years. The relationship between her parents did not get on well, which deeply affected her life. Her misery started when her father left her mother right away after she was born. Later, she said that she had both sympathy and contempt toward her mother, but hatred against her father. Therefore, she was isolated in the extremely conflicting feelings and befriended books in her imaginative world.〔 Pak married Kim Haeng-do (김행도), a clerk of the Office of Monopoly (전매부) in 1946 one year after her graduation from Jinju Girls' High school (진주고등여학교). However, her suffering did not end with her marriage. Instead, it got worse when her husband was accused of being a communist and went missing during the Korean War and eventually died in Seodaemun Prison. Not only that, she lost her 3 years-old baby son in the same year. Park became a widow with her daughter and mother for whom she had to financially support. Pak began her career as a professional writer in 1955 after a recommendation by a novelist and poet, Kim Dong-ri (김동리 1913 ~ 1995). Park underwent breast cancer in the 1960s and had to raise her grandson, Wonbo after her son-in-law and a poet, Kim Chi-Ha (김지하) was arrested for the accusation of being a communist in the 1970s just like her husband.〔 She had even suffered from lung cancer herself until she died.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pak Kyongni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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