Kim Yong-ik

For other people with the same name, see Kim Yong-ik (judoka).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Yong-ik
Born (1920-05-15) May 15, 1920
Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Died April 11, 1995
Language Korean
Nationality South Korean
Ethnicity Korean
Period 1920–95
Kim Yong-ik
Hangul 김용익
Hanja 金容益
Revised Romanization Gim Yong-ik
McCune–Reischauer Kim Yong'ik

Kim Yong-ik (May 15, 1920 – April 11, 1995), also known as Yong Ik Kim, was an early Korean–American writer[1] originally from Tongyeong, Korea. His works were primarily in English but also translated into other languages such as German and Korean.

Biography

Kim was born in Cheongmu, now known as Tongyeong, a seaport, and was raised in Korea under Japanese rule. He studied English literature at Aoyama Gakuin University from 1920–1943 graduating with a PhD in English Literature.[2] At the age of 28 he traveled to the United States to study English Literature at Florida Southern College.[3] He then studied at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, where he earned an MA in English literature.[4] He later studied creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. From 1957 to 1964, Kim taught in South Korean universities including Ewha Womans University University and Korea University. Kim returned to the United States in 1965 to be closer to the publishers in the United States. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley as a visiting professor from 1972–1973 and then at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1973–1990.[5] Kim traveled to Korea for a semester in early 1995. While there, he fell ill, and subsequently died on April 11, 1995.[6] Im Bok Kim also edited many of his works (both in English and in Korean), in spite of not being credited, although she was referenced later in an interview with the author.[7]

He had written nonfiction, novels, essays, and collections of short stories.[8] His stories have been published in Atlantic Monthly, The Hudson Review, Harper's Bazaar, and The New Yorker.[9] Two of his stories were included in Martha Foley's Best American Short Stories[10] His short story "Crown Dick" was made into a PBS film,[11] after winning the PEN Syndicated Short Fiction Project in 1984.[12]

Kim had several children and grandchildren. Kim's brother was Yong Shik Kim.[13]

Works

Mentions

References

  1. ↑ Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume 51, Parts 3537–4303, p. 4121
  2. ↑ The Diving Gourd by Yong-ik Kim (note about the author).
  3. ↑ Amy Ling, Visions of America, pp.207
  4. ↑ Ruth Spack, Guidelines: A Cross-Cultural Reading/Writing Text, pp. 42–45.
  5. ↑ http://fairfaxasianamericans.community.officelive.com/InterviewChoiYearnHong80606.aspx
  6. ↑ Eulogy of Kim Yong Ik written by Kim Udam (a.k.a. Im Bok Kim nee Lee), widow. Reprinted in part by Yellow Light: The Flowering of Asian American Arts by Amy Ling(p. 27) and Social Security Death Index
  7. ↑ Yellow Light: The Flowering of Asian American Arts by Amy Ling (p. 22).
  8. ↑ See "Works" section of this article.
  9. ↑ See "Works" section of this article.
  10. ↑ The Best American short stories of 1958 and The Yearbook of the American short story by David Burnett, editor: Martha Foley.
  11. ↑ http://tv.nytimes.com/show/44750/Crown-Dick/overview
  12. ↑ http://www.korea-fans.com/forum/printthread.php?tid=34601
  13. ↑ One Man's Korea by James Wade(1967) (p. 187)
  14. ↑ http://tv.nytimes.com/show/44750/Crown-Dick/overview>
  15. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1090249/
  16. ↑ http://www.robertbly.com/int_2.html
  17. ↑ Adaptation of "Crown Dick", a short story, into a film.
  18. ↑ Extensive interview with photograph of author and a eulogy of the author which includes an elegy.
  19. ↑ Reprint of "A Book-Writing Venture" by Kim Yong Ik (an autobiographical work).
  20. ↑ A relative of Kim Yong Ik and Professor of English and Comparative Literature, now deceased.
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