Jeon Gyeong-rin

Jon Kyongnin is a Korean author best known for her poetry on the theme of sexuality.

Life Jon Kyongnin was born in 1962 and earned her degree in German Literature from Kyungnam University in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. She debuted in 1995 when her novella Desert Moon (Samagui dal) was chosen for the New Spring Literary Contest sponsored by The Dong-A Ilbo.

Work

Women's sexuality is the central focus of Jon Kyongnin's works. Her narratives are structured to indirectly reveal the sexual problems concealed and suppressed by their narrators. Once in a Lifetime Day (Nae saenge kkok haruppunil tteukbyeolhan nal) is a tale of infidelity that expresses female psychology regarding sex and sexual desire with blunt honesty.

Jon's work has also been used for movies including the erotic drama Ardor (2002) by director Byun Young-joo.

Works in Translation Ein ganz einfaches gepunktetes Kleid I Drift on Unknown Waters in a Glass Boat

Works in Korean (Partial) A Woman Driving a Goat (1996) Nowhere Man (1997) A Special Day that Comes Only Once in My Life (1999) Merry-Go-Round Circus Woman (1999) Hwang Jini (2004)

Awards 29th Hankook Ilbo Literature Prize (1996) for A Woman Tending Goats 2nd Literary Community Literature Prize (1997) for Nowhere Man 21st Century Literature Award (1998) for the short-story Merry-Go-Round Circus Woman