Yun I-hyeong

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Yun.

Yun I-hyeong
Born	Lee Seul 1976 (age 48–49)
Occupation	writer
Language	Korean
Nationality	South Korean
Education	Yonsei University
Alma mater	Yonsei University
Period	2005 -
Genre	contemporary fiction, science fiction
Relatives	Lee Ze-ha (farther)
Korean name
Hangul	윤이형
Revised Romanization	Yun Ihyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Ihyŏng
Birth name
Hangul	이슬
Revised Romanization	I Seul
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Sŭl

Yun I-hyeong (born in 1976) is a South Korean writer.

Life

Her real name is Seul Lee and she was born in 1976 in Seoul, Korea to the writer Lee Ze-ha. After graduating from Yonsei University with a BA in English Language, she debuted as a writer in 2005 by winning the Joong Ang New Writer Award (중앙신인문학상) with her short novel “검은 불가사리.”

Work

She was previously a candidate for the 4th annual Lineage Literature Award through her story “Goodbye.” Author Yun was also nominated for the 5th Annual Young Writer's Award and won a prize of 5,000,000 won as a candidate. Her workpiece that was nominated was “쿤의 여행.” First place for the award went to Hwang Jung-eun. Yun is often grouped, along with such writers as Park Min-gyu, Pyun Hye-young, Cho Hahyeong, and Yun Ko-eun as post-apocalyptic. In fact, discussing two of her more popular works LIST Magazine notes:

Yun I-hyeong’s The Big Wolf, Blue is about a virtual disaster born of contemporary man’s mindset that seeks to resolve all problems via cyberspace. Yun experiments with sci-fi and fantasy to explore new literary horizons in her second novel, The Big Wolf, Blue. Sara the protagonist is not in the least surprised when she hears news of zombies consuming human flesh and growing in number by inflicting harm on others. Her lukewarm response to news of the catastrophe reminds us of our reality where disasters strike so often we have become desensitized to calamity. When her cable and electricity are cut off, she senses that she, too, will soon be eaten by a zombie. The problem that Blue, a virtual image created by a computer program, must resolve, is not one that pertains to future societies far off in the future, but the bewilderment and despair of today’s young men and women.

As horrifying as the cataclysm that is turning the entire human race into zombies is the despair of the four young protagonists who realized that they are growing old without ever having lived the way they had wanted to. In a world where no one can save them, the young protagonists believe that the virtual wolf they have made with the computer program will one day jump out of the computer and save them.

Awards

• Joong Ang New Writer Award (2005)
• 5th annual Lineage Literature Award
• Yi Sang Literary Award (2018)

Bibliography

Works in translation

• Danny, Asia Publishers, 2015

Works in Korean (partial)

• Black Starfisha
• Bloody Sunday
• Waltz for Three
• Big Blue Wolf
• Luka