Oh Han-ki

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{{Infobox person

| name = Oh Han-ki

| native_name = 오한기

| native_name_lang = ko

| pronunciation = [o̞ːha̠nki]

| birth_place = Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea

| education = Dongguk University
(creative writing)

| occupation = Writer

}}

Oh Han-ki ({{korean|hangul=오한기}}) 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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} His literary career began when his short story, "An Afternoon With a Folded Parasol" ({{Korean|hangul=파라솔이 접힌 오후|labels=no}}), won the Hyundae Literary Award in 2012. He has published a short-story collection called "The Way of the Righteous" ({{Korean|hangul=의인법|labels=no}}). He also won the 2016 Young Writer's Award.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Works

= Short story collections =

  • Impersonation ({{lang|ko|의인법}}), Hyundae Munhak, 2015{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

= Novels =

  • The Man Who Became a Flamingo ({{lang|ko|홍학이 된 사나이}}), Munhakdongne, 2016{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

= Work in Translation =

  • [https://www.amazon.com/My-Clint-Eastwood-K-Fiction-004/dp/B00O9P8ZA4 My Clint Eastwood] (English)[http://library.ltikorea.or.kr/node/17084 "오한기 | Digital Library of Korean Literature (LTI Korea)".] library.klti.or.kr. Retrieved 2017-11-29.

Awards

  • 2012 Hyundae Literary Award{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

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

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