A Brief History of Korean Literature

Ho Kyun (Korea, 1569): "Hong Kil-tong Chon/ Tale of Hong Gildong" (16##) Kim Man-jung (Korea, 1637): "Kuunmong/ Dream of the Nine Clouds" (16##) Kim Man-jung (Korea, 1637): "Sassi Namjonggi/ Record of Lady Sa's Southward Journey" (1692) "Ch'unhyangjon/ Tale of Ch'un-hyang" (Korea, 170#) Pak Chi-won (Korea, 1737): "Hosaengjon/ The Tale of Scholar Ho" (17##) Yi In-jik (Korea, 1862): "Hyoluinu/ Tears of Blood" (1906) Yi Hae-cho (Korea, 1869): "Chayujong/ The Freedom Bell" (19##) Han Yong-un (Korea, 1879): "Nimui Ch'immuk/ Thy Silence" (1926) [p] Ch'oe Ch'an-shik (Korea, 1886): "Ch'uwolsaek/ The Color of the Autumn Moon" (1912) Yi Kwang-su (Korea, 1892): "Mujong/ Heartlessness" (1917) Ch'oe Nam-son (Korea, 1886): "Poems" (1957) [p] Yom Sang-sop (Korea, 1897): "P'yobonshilui Ch'nonggaeguri/ Green Frog in the Specimen Gallery" (1921) Yom Sang-sop (Korea, 1897): "Samdae/ The Three Generations" (1931) Hyon Chin-gon (Korea, 1900): "Unsu Choun Nal/ The Lucky Day" (1924) Chu Yo-han (Korea, 1900): "Pullori/ Fireworks" (1919) [p] Ch'ae Man-shik (Korea, 1902): "T'angnyu/ The Muddy Stream" (1938) So-wol Kim (Korea, 1903): "Chindallae Kkot/ Azaleas" (1925) [p] T'ae-jun Yi (Korea, 1904): "Kkamagwi/ The Crow" (1936) Hyo-sok Yi (Korea, 1907): "Memilkkot P'il Muryop/ When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom" (1936) Yu-jong Kim (Korea, 1908): "Tongbaek Kkot/ Camellia Blossoms" (1936) T'ae-won Pak (Korea, 1909): "Sosolga Kubossiui Iril (Days of Kubo the Novelist) (1934) T'ae-won Pak (Korea, 1909): "Ch'eonbyon P'unggyong/ Views by the Riverside" (1937) Tong-ri Kim (Korea, 1911): "Munyodo/ The Portrait of the Shaman" (1936) Su-kil An (Korea, 1911): "Pukkando" (1959) Sang Yi/ Hae-gyeong Kim (Korea, 1910): "Nalgae/ Wings" (1936) Sang Yi (Korea, 1910): "Crow's Eye View" (1934) [p] Sun-won Hwang (Korea, 1915): "Umjiginun Song/ The Moving Castle" (1972) Dong-ju Yoon (Korea, 1917): "Haneulgwa Balamgwa Byeolgwa Si/ The Sky the Wind the Stars and the Poem" (1945) [p] Bom-son Yi (Korea, 1920): "Obalt'an/ A Bullet Misfired" (1959) Su-yong Kim (Korea, 1921): "Tallara Cui Changnan/ The Prank of the Moonland" (1959) [p] Ch'oe In-hun (Korea, 1920): "Kwangjang/ The Square" (1960) Kyong-ri Pak (Korea, 1927): "Pulshin Shidae/ The Age of Mistrust" (1957) Kyong-ri Pak (Korea, 1927): "T'oji/ The Land" (1973) + Tong-yop Shin (Korea, 1930): "Kumgang/ The Kumgang River" (1967) [p] + Wan-so Pak (Korea, 1931): "Hwich'aonggorinun Ohu/ The Reeling Afternoon" (1977) Un Ko (Korea, 1933): "Maninbo/ Ten Thousand Lives" (2006) [p] + Un Ko (Korea, 1933): "Hwaomkyong/ The Avatamsaka Sutra" (1991) Un Ko (Korea, 1933): "Paektu-san/ Paektu Mountain" (2011) [p] Un Ko (Korea, 1933): "Sin Eon-eoui Ma-eul/ God Is the Last Village of Words" (1967) [p] Un Ko (Korea, 1933): "Jeonwonsipyeon/ Pastoral Poems" (1986) [p] + Jae-sam Pak (Korea, 1933): "Ulum i t'anun Kang/ The Saddened River" (1987) [p] Kyong-rim Shin (Korea, 1935): "Nongmu/ Farmer's Dance" (1973) Mun-gu Yi (Korea, 1941): "Kwanch'on Sup'il/ Kwanch'on Essays" (1977) Chi-ha Kim (Korea, 1941): "T'anun Mongmarum Uro/ Towards a Thirst" (1982) [p] Won-il Kim (Korea, 1942): "Noul/ Sunset" (1978) Se-hui Cho (Korea, 1942): "Nanjang-iga Ssoa Ollin Chagun Kong/ Small Ball Thrown by a Dwarf" (1978) Sok-yong Hwang (Korea, 1943): "Samp'o Ganeun Gil/ The Road to Samp'o" (1973) Sok-yong Hwang (Korea, 1943): "Jang Gil-san" (1974~1984) + Sok-yong Hwang (Korea, 1943): "Mugiui Geuneul /Shade of Weapons" (1985) Sok-yong Hwang (Korea, 1943): "Haejil Mulyeob /At Dusk" (2015) Sok-yong Hwang (Korea, 1943): "Cheoldowon Samdae /Three Generations of Railway Workers/ Mater 2-10" (2020) + Jong-rae Cho/Jo (Korea, 1943): "T'aebaeksanmaek/ The T'aebaeksan Mountains" (198#) Mun-yol Yi (Korea, 1948): "Uridurui Ilgurojin Yongung/ Our Twisted Hero" (1988) + Mun-yol Yi (Korea, 1948): "Shiin/ The Poet" (1992) Nam-nyong Paek (Korea, 1949): "Friend" (1988) Hyesoon Kim (Korea, 1955): "Jug-eum-ui Jaseojeon/ Autobiography of Death" (2016) [p] Jangwook Lee (Korea, 1968): "Jeongoui Huimanggok/ Request Line at Noon" (2006) [p] Yi-deum Kim (Korea, 1969): "Myeonglanghala Pam Patal/ Cheer Up Femme Fatale" (2007) [p] Bo-seon Shim (Korea, 1970): "Seulpeum-i Eobsneun Sib-o Cho/ Fifteen Seconds Without Sorrow" (2008) [p] Kang Han (Korea, 1970): "Chaesikjuuija/ The Vegetarian" (2007) + Kang Han (Korea, 1970): "Sonyeon-i Onda/ A Boy Comes/ Human Acts" (2014) + Kang Han (Korea, 1970): "Jagbyeolhaji Anhneunda/ No Goodbye/ We Do Not Part" (2021) Un-su Kim (Korea, 1972): "Kaebinit/ The Cabinet" (2006) + Un-su Kim (Korea, 1972): "Tteugeoun Pi/ Hot Blood" (2016) Un-su Kim (Korea, 1972): "Seolgyejadeul/ The Plotters" (2010) + Jungeun Hwang (Korea, 1976): "Baeg-ui Geulimja/ One Hundred Shadows" (2010) Min-jeon Kim (Korea, 1976): "Aleumdabgo Sseulmo-eobsgileul/ Beautiful and Useless" (2016) [p] Nam-joo Cho (Korea, 1978): "82nyeonsaeng Gim Jiyeong/ Kim Ji-young Born 1982" (2016) TM, ®, Copyright © 2006 Piero Scaruffi All rights reserved.