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Yang Gui-ja (born 1955) (, 梁貴子) is a South Korean writer.〔"양귀자" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do#〕 ==Life== South Korean novelist Yang Gui-ja was born July 1, 1955 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do〔KLTI Author app〕 and graduated from Wonkwang University in 1978 with a degree in Korean Literature.〔Who's who in contemporary women's writing. Jane Eldridge Miller. P. 353〕 She later moved to Seoul after her marriage in 1980.〔The Columbia Companion to modern East Asian literature. Julie Pickering. p 738〕 Yang made her literary debut with the short stories ''Starting a New Morning'' and ''The Door Already Closed'' (two titles which hint at the breadth of her approach). In 1986 she achieved popular success with the release of her collection of linked short stories (yeonjak seosal) Neighbors in Wonmi-dong, for which she is still most famous.〔Korea Literature Translation Institute. Korean Writers: The Novelists p. 12 231〕 This collection was a painstaking depiction of the lives of people on the periphery of industrial culture. In 1998 Yang won the Fifth Yoo Juhyoen Literature award and followed up by winning the even more prestigious Lee Sang Literature Award in 1992.〔KLTI Author App〕 As the 1990s turned into a consumer culture in Korea, and a mood of disillusionment replaced the political (and to some extent economic) hope that had characterized the nation. Yang’s work followed along.〔KLTI Author App〕 In 1992 she wrote ''The Hidden Flower'' which told the story, in some ways autobiographical, or an author searching for new hope after her old ideals have been destroyed. In ''The Road to Cheonma Tombs'', Yang’s protagonist successfully struggles to come to terms with his past trauma and current powerlessness. ''The Hidden Flower'' and ''The Road to Cheonma Tombs'' are collected with three other stories, ''Mountain Flower'', ''Opportunist'', and ''Sadness Gives Strength'', in a collection named for the latter story.〔Korea Literature Translation Institute. Korean Writers: The Novelists p. 234〕 Since the mid-1980s she has been known as more than a fiction writer, writing in women's magazines, newspapers, and other general media. In the 1990s she also opened a popular restaurant in Seoul.〔The Columbia Companion to modern East Asian literature. Julie Pickering. p 738 〕 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「Yang Gui-ja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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