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Han Chang-hoon

한창훈

Born 1963 · South Korea

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Yi Sang 2007 · Excellence prize

    아버지와 아들

    Abeojiwa adeul

    Title translated by AI:“Father and Son”

    Han Chang-hoon · 43 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:A son whose father pushed him off their island to make a life on the mainland comes home, set on putting down roots by the sea after all.

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    Yi Sang 2002 · Excellence prize

    여인

    Yeoin

    Title translated by AI:“A Woman”

    Han Chang-hoon · 38 when first published

    Short story

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    Yi Sang 2001 · Excellence prize

    세상의 끝으로 간 사람

    Sesangui kkeuteuro gan saram

    Title translated by AI:“The Man Who Went to the End of the World”

    Han Chang-hoon · 37 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:When his wife Seon-yeong is killed in a road accident, a man drifts through his grief until he reaches the sea, the edge of the world, meaning to end his life there.

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    Yi Sang 2000 · Excellence prize

    돗 낚는 어부

    Dot nangneun eobu

    Han Chang-hoon · 36 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:On Noru Island, worn down by years of famine, a widowed fisherman who has never won the widowed diver he loves goes out after the dot of the title to feed the hungry islanders.