Background
Han Moo-sook was born October 25, 1918 in Seoul and graduated from Pusan Girls’ High School.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Han Moo-sook
Edit ProfileEducation
She initially studied fine arts but switched to literature after she married Kim Zin-hoong in 1941.
Career
She has five children. Active in literary and artistic circles as well, Han Moo-sook held various posts, serving as the director of Korean PEN Club, the National Museum of of Korea, and Korean Women Writers’ Assembly. Han died in 1993. Han Moo-sook was a reclusive housewife who “whisked away” the first prize in a novel writing contest in the early 1941 After that she traveled from one literary triumph to another.
Han published her first novel, “The Changes of History,” with Jai-Yaing Press and received popular acclaim.
She also published short stories including “Broken Image,” “Coming Home,” “Stone,” “The Emotional Complex,” and “A Halo Around the Moon.”.
Achievements
-
Han received first prizes in drama competitions with a one-act play, “Heart” in 1943 and a four-act play, " Frost Flowers" in 1944. In 1948, in a competition sponsored by the newspaper Kukche Sinbo, she received first prize for her full-length novel, “And So Flows History.” She won the Asia Foundation"s Freedom Literature Award for a short story entitled "Abyss" (1957) and the Republic of of Korea National Literature Award for her novel, “Encounter” (1986).
-
Born
-
Died
1993 (aged 74) -
Nationality
South of Korea