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Kang Young-sook


Born
in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, Korea, Republic of
November 10, 1967


Kang Young-sook (Hangul: 강영숙; born November 10, 1967) is a South Korean novelist.

Kang Young-sook was born in 1967 in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province in South Korea and spent most of her childhood there. She was student athlete for volleyball, long jump, and other sports, before she moved to Seoul when she was 14. She majored creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She was the editor in chief of the Seoul Institute of the Arts journal and in 1998 made her literary debut with the short story "A Meal in August" through the annual spring literary competition sponsored by the Seoul Shinmun. Her published debut was the short story collection ['Shaken'] in (2002) and she has also published "Every Day is a Celebration" (2004) and "Black in ...more

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Rina
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At Night He Lifts Weights
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New York Bakery
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Truck
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라이팅 클럽
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“Whenever I looked upon a peaceful scene, it seemed to be part of my DNA to superimpose miserable images over what I saw. Hideous images became superimposed over a relaxed, happy landscape. Shards of glass, blood dotting my white sneakers and the cement floor, skin stinging as if I'd been sprayed with salt, cows stumbling and dying, a long mirror showing the backs of cancer patients, people burning up in flames, women wailing, acid rain, and my body scattering in all directions.”
― Kang Young-sook, At Night He Lifts Weights
tags: climate-crisis, ecofiction
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