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Introduction

Introduction By Yoon Jeong Oh im Saryang (1914–1950?) is a bilingual writer from colonial K Korea, but to most English readers he is best known as a pioneering figure of zainichi literature. In 1940, he was the first Korean nominated for the Akutagawa Prize for his short story, “Into the Light” (“Hikari no naka ni”). Since then, scholars have chiefly addressed his Japanese works in terms of their themes of estrangement and ethnic identity. Only a few of his Japanese texts have been translated into English. “Chigimi” is the first to be translated into English from Korean and thus will introduce the reader to Kim’s bilingual literature; notably, it is one of the works that Kim later adapted into a Japanese version. First published in the Korean literary magazine Samch’olli in April 1941, “Chigimi” was rewritten in Japanese as “Mushi” (“A Swarm of Insects”) and published in Shinchō in July 1941. Other works that were originally written and published in Korean and then translated or adapted into Japanese include his 1941 story, “Yuch’ ijang esŏ mannan sanai” (“The Man I Met in Prison”) and “Q hakushaku” (“Count Q,” 1942); “San’ga se sigan” (“Three Hours at the Mountain House,” 1940) and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture University of Hawai'I Press

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University of Hawai'I Press
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1939-6120
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1944-6500
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10.1353/aza.2022.0016
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Abstract

By Yoon Jeong Oh im Saryang (1914–1950?) is a bilingual writer from colonial K Korea, but to most English readers he is best known as a pioneering figure of zainichi literature. In 1940, he was the first Korean nominated for the Akutagawa Prize for his short story, “Into the Light” (“Hikari no naka ni”). Since then, scholars have chiefly addressed his Japanese works in terms of their themes of estrangement and ethnic identity. Only a few of his Japanese texts have been translated into English. “Chigimi” is the first to be translated into English from Korean and thus will introduce the reader to Kim’s bilingual literature; notably, it is one of the works that Kim later adapted into a Japanese version. First published in the Korean literary magazine Samch’olli in April 1941, “Chigimi” was rewritten in Japanese as “Mushi” (“A Swarm of Insects”) and published in Shinchō in July 1941. Other works that were originally written and published in Korean and then translated or adapted into Japanese include his 1941 story, “Yuch’ ijang esŏ mannan sanai” (“The Man I Met in Prison”) and “Q hakushaku” (“Count Q,” 1942); “San’ga se sigan” (“Three Hours at the Mountain House,” 1940) and

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Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Jul 14, 2022

References

  • The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature
  • Mushi
    Saryang, Kim