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Oh Han-ki

Oh Han-ki () is a South Korean writer. He was born in 1985 in Anyang, South Korea. He graduated in with a degree in creative writing from Dongguk University. His literary career began when his short story, "An Afternoon With a Folded Parasol" (), won the Hyundae Literary Award in 2012. He has published a short-story collection called "The Way of the Righteous" (). He also won the 2016 Young Writer's Award.

When Park Seongwon was a professor of fiction writing at Dongguk University's creative writing program, Oh studied under him and became a writer. He also met his literary partner Jeong Jidon, and formed the group ‘Analrealism’. Currently, Oh works in the marketing department of a coffee franchise. He writes fiction at night. However, it seems that he recently left this position.

Works

Short story collections

  • Impersonation (), Hyundae Munhak, 2015

Novels

  • The Man Who Became a Flamingo (), Munhakdongne, 2016

Work in Translation

Awards

  • 2012 Hyundae Literary Award

Further reading

  • Seo, Hui-won, "Heterotopia's Architects, Also Known as Hopeful Monsters – On the Short Fiction of Oh Han-ki and Jeong Ji-don", Munhakdongne, Summer Issue, 2015.
  • Kwak, Yeong-bin, "Annotation and Criticism, Between Two Ruins – Analrealism and the Implosion of Criticism", Literature and Society, Summer Issue, 2016.
  • Kim, So-yeon, Kim, Jeong-hwan, and Baek Ji-yeon, "Discussion: New Titles to Watch This Season", Creation and Criticism, Spring 2016.
  • Lee, Su-hyeong, Lee, Sang-woo, and Oh Han-ki, "Strengths/Weaknesses", Literature and Society, Summer Issue, 2013.

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