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The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher

The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher scrap

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#ShortStory #Awards

  • ISBN

    9788985712682

  • Author

    Ahn Do-Hyun안도현

  • Publisher

    Munhakdongne Publishing Corp.문학동네

  • Year Published

    1996

  • Category

    Literary Fiction 소설

  • Target User

    Adult 성인

  • Period

    Contemporary 현대

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Description 작품 소개

This essay collection by Ahn Do-hyun was published in 1996. Ahn Do-hyun, who is also a poet, writes about a salmon’s journey back home and how we should learn from its journey and contemplate the meaning of perseverance and resilience.

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Ahn Do-Hyun안도현

Ahn Do-Hyun was born in 1961 in Yecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do. While in high school, he joined the creative writing club ‘Taedonggi Literary Society’, coming to know fellow writers such as Hong Seung-woo, Seo Jeong-yoon, Park Deok-gyu, Kwon Tae-hyeon, Ha Eung-baek, and Lee Jeong-ha. He received many awards such as various writing contests and creative writing competitions across the country including the ‘Hakwon Literary Award’. In 1980 he entered Wonkwang University for Korean literature, and he was also active as a member of Guksi, a literary communication journal that was being published in Daegu, along with writers Park Gi-young, Park Sang-bong, and Jang Jung-il. He began his literary career as his poem “Nakdong River” (낙동강) won the Daegu Maeil Shinmun New Writer’s Contest in 1981, and his poem “Jeon Bong-jun Goes to Seoul” (서울로 가는 전봉준) won the Dong-A Ilbo New Writer’s Contest in 1984. He started his career in education as he became a Korean language teacher at Iri Middle School on February 1985, but he was fired from Iri Middle School on August 1989 for having joined the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU). Afterwards, until February 1994 he worked at the Iri Iksan branch of the KTU, and was also active as a member of the ‘Society of Educational Creative Writing’ with Kim Jinkyung, Do Jong-Hwan, Bae Chang-hwan, Jo Jae-do, Jeong Yeong-sang, Jo Seong-sun, and Jo Hyeon-seol. In March 1994 he was transferred to Sanseo High School in Jangsu Jeollabuk-do, but he resigned from teaching on February 1997, and turned to writing full time. Afterwards, he received a master’s degree and a doctorate degree in creative writing at Dankook University’s Graduate School. He is currently a creative writing professor at Woosuk University.

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