전성태
Born 1969 · South Korea
Yi Sang 2015 · Excellence prize
Sopung
Title translated by AI:“The Picnic”
Jeon Sungtae · 45 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:On a family outing, a treasure hunt with the children plays out against the fading life of an old person, as dementia quietly finds its way into a happy family scene.
Yi Sang 2011 · Excellence prize
Gukhwareul ango
Title translated by AI:“Holding Chrysanthemums”
Jeon Sungtae · 41 when first published
Short story
Yi Sang 2010 · Excellence prize
Iyagireul dollyeodeurida
Title translated by AI:“Giving Back the Stories”
Jeon Sungtae · 40 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:As a writer's mother slips into dementia, the son tries to give back to her the tales she once told him as a boy, of the mountain hairtail and of bamboo that blooms once a century.
Yi Sang 2009 · Excellence prize
두 번째 왈츠 · Du beonjjae walcheu
Jeon Sungtae · 39 when first published
Short story · 220 pages
AI-generated summary:In Mongolia, Nyama has carried since socialist times the role of a national emblem, 'the woman of the fatherland', and her life opens onto the country's past and present.
Yi Sang 2004 · Excellence prize
Jonjaeui sup
Title translated by AI:“The Forest of Being”
Jeon Sungtae · 34 when first published
Short story
AI-generated summary:A comedian who lives by his impressions goes into a remote country valley hunting for material, where old villagers tell him about the land, its creatures and its past, and visions blur time and place.