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Gwak Haksong(곽학송)

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Title
Gwak Haksong
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Pen Name
郭鶴松, Gwak Haksong
ISNI
0000000038893458
Birth
1927
Death
1992
Occupation
Novelist
Period
Modern
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Gwak Haksong (1929-1992) is a South Korean novelist. He began his literary career in 1953 when his short story “Anyak” (안약 Eye Drops) in the literary magazine Literature and Art. He is known to have pursued humanism through keen observations. In 1978, he won the Anti-Communist Literature Award.l  Short story collection Dongmokgyo (독목교 A Single Log Bridge) (1953) l  Novel Cheollo (철로 Railroad) (1955)l  Novel Nasseoreun goljjagi (낯설은 골짜기 A Strange Valley) (1988)

곽학송(1929~1992)은 한국의 소설가다. 1953년 <문예>지에 단편<안약>이 추천되어 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 날카로운 관찰력을 바탕으로 인간애를 중시하는 휴머니즘을 추구한 작가로 알려져 있다. 1978년 반공문학상을 수상했다. 

  • 소설집<독목교>(1953), 장편<철로>(1955), <낯설은 골짜기>(1988)

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