Background
Chae Man-sik was born on June 17, 1902, in Okgu, present-day Gunsan, Cholla-bukto, Republic of Korea, to a family of the Pyeonggang Chae clan.
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Man-sik graduated from Choongang High School.
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Man-sik attended Waseda University in Tokyo.
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Peace Under Heaven
(This is the first English translation of a much beloved s...)
This is the first English translation of a much beloved satirical novel.
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Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation
(From 1910 to 1945, Japan occupied Korea and controlled ev...)
From 1910 to 1945, Japan occupied Korea and controlled every aspect of the Korean life. This book selects three plays by two prominent Korean writers, Chi-jin Yu and Man-sik Chae, who ventured to voice anti-Japanese sentiments in their plays despite the harsh censorship. In The Ox, two brothers suddenly find their lives and futures disrupted by the disappearance of their family's aging ox. The Shack depicts the destruction of a family that has already been progressing toward doom under the roof of the crumbling shack. In Memorial Day, the young protagonist discovers that his family's past converges repeatedly with the major historical upheavals of Korea.
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Sunset: A Ch'ae Manshik Reader
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Ch’ae Manshik is one of the most accomplished modern Korean writers yet is underrepresented in English translation because of the challenges posed by his distinctive voice and colloquial style. Sunset: A Ch’ae Manshik Reader is the first English-language anthology of his works and features a variety of genres - novella, short fiction, anecdotal essay, travel writing, children’s story, one-act play, three-act play, and roundtable discussion. This anthology moves beyond the usual “representative works” to provide a well-rounded selection of writing by one of Korea’s most innovative and memorable voices, drawing on Ch'ae's ten-volume Complete Works. This edition also provides a comprehensive introduction outlining the limitations of existing approaches to Ch'ae. It contextualizes the anthology's contents both in terms of the author's career and the rich Korean tradition of intertextuality and intermediality that he reflects from the country's earliest times to the new millennium.
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Juvesenility
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Turbid Rivers
(Turbid River was written just before Ch’ae Man-Sik was ar...)
Turbid River was written just before Ch’ae Man-Sik was arrested in 1938 by the Japanese colonial government. Like the two novels that followed (Peace Under Heaven and Frozen Fish), Turbid River is a realistic portrayal of life in Korea under Japanese colonization. The tragic story of a woman’s life, the novel is also a penetrating look into the objectification of women.
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My Innocent Uncle
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Chae Man-sik
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also known as
Baengneung
Education
Man-sik graduated from Choongang High School and later attended Waseda University in Tokyo.
Career
Man-sik worked as a reporter for the Dong-a Ilbo, Chosun Ilbo, and Kaebyok and served as an editor on Gaebyeok Publishing Company’s many magazines, including The Comet (Hyeseong) and Frontline (Je ilseon). In 1936 he moved to Gaeseong and devoted himself solely to creative writing. He entered the literary stage in 1924 with his short story entitled Toward the Three Paths. Chae began to attract critical attention ten years later, with the publication of Ready-made Life. Man-sik died in 1950.
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book
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Sunset: A Ch'ae Manshik Reader
(Ch’ae Manshik is one of the most accomplished modern Kore...)
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Juvesenility
(Asia Publishers presents some of the very best modern Kor...)
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Turbid Rivers
(Turbid River was written just before Ch’ae Man-Sik was ar...)
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Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation
(From 1910 to 1945, Japan occupied Korea and controlled ev...)
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Peace Under Heaven
(This is the first English translation of a much beloved s...)
- My Innocent Uncle
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Sunset: A Ch'ae Manshik Reader
Religion
Traditional Confucian society is one significant object of Chae’s satire: the title phrase, “Peace under Heaven,” is a commonly expressed Confucian ideal that is belied both by the uproar within the Yun’s house and by the militaristic occupation in the country at large.
References
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Contemporary Authors, Vol. 166
This volume of Contemporary Authors contains biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers.
1998
