Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Korean: 김 금숙; born 1971)[1] is a South Korean comic book artist and translator, winner of the Harvey Awards. She currently lives on Ganghwa Island.[2]
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Goheung, South Jeolla Province, South Korea |
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| Occupation(s) | Illustrator, penciller |
| Spouse | Loïc Gendry |
| Awards | Harvey Awards (2020) |
| Website | suksuksuksuk |
Life
editGendry-Kim was born in Goheung, South Jeolla Province. For economic reasons, her family moved from rural Korea to the capital Seoul during her childhood, a story portrayed in her work "Le chant de mon père".[2] She left the country in 1994, moving to Paris.[3]
She studied Western paintingl[2] at Sejong University and in 1998 graduated in arts, specializing in sculpture [4] and installation[2] at the Strasbourg School of Decorative Arts.[5] After graduating in 1998, she stayed on for another year to continue her studies. During this year she worked as a teaching assistant and assisted Korean exchange students, and completed her post-diplôme in the Reliure section (bookbinding).[4]
In 1997, when Gendry-Kim's mother went to spend some time in Paris, she learned of the story of her mother, who was separated from her sister during the Korean War,[6] a drama later recounted in her work of fiction "The Waiting".[7]
After his time at the Strasbourg School of Decorative Arts, she did some exhibitions and residencies abroad, but had financial difficulties. So she started a part-time job translating Korean comics into French, where she developed her interest in the genre. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim has translated about a hundred graphic novels.[4]
After living years in France, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim and her husband Loïc Gendry moved to South Korea in 2011.[3]
She had already published some smaller works in 2010 before making her comic book debut in 2012 with the autobiographical comic book Le chant de mon père, published by Éditions Sarbacane.[8]
It was in 2013, when she worked on a short comic book called "Secret" based on victims' testimony, that she decided to write a comic book about the plight of sex slaves during the war, called 'comfort women', which resulted in her award-winning work "Grass".[9]
Works
edit- L'attente: Une famille coréenne brisée par la partition du pays (2021). English title: The Waiting.
- Jun (2020).
- L'Arbre Nu (2020). English title: The Naked Tree
- Alexandra Kim, la sibérienne (2020).
- Les Mauvaises herbes (2018). English title: Grass
- Jiseul (2015).
- De case en case: portraits de 15 bédéistes sud-coréens (2015).
- Le chant de mon père (2012).
Awards
edit| Work | Category | Award | Year | Status |
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| Grass | Non-fiction | Believer Book Award | 2020 | Nominated |
| Grass | Best Print Comic of the Year | The Cartoonist Studio Prize | 2020 | Winner |
| Grass | Best Graphic Novel | Big Other Book Award | 2020 | Winner |
| Grass | Best Graphic Novel | LA Times Book Prize | 2020 | Nominated |
| Grass | Best Reality-Based Work | Eisner Award | 2020 | Nominated |
| Grass | Best Writer/Artist | Eisner Award | 2020 | Nominated |
| Grass | Best U.S. Edition of International Material | Eisner Award | 2020 | Nominated |
| Grass | Book of the Year | Harvey Award | 2020 | Nominated |
| Grass | Best International Book | Harvey Award | 2020 | Winner |
| Grass | Best Non-Finction Comic Work | Ringo Award | 2020 | Nominated |
| Grass | Great Graphic Novel for Teens | ALA / YALSA | 2020 | Winner |
| Grass | Alex Award | ALA / YALSA | 2020 | Nominated |
| Grass | -[11] | Krause Essay Prize | 2020 | Winner |
| Grass | Best Book | VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award | 2019 | Winner |
References
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- ^ "[Web Exclusive] Interview with Keum Suk Gendry-Kim: When Sadness Wells Up, I Draw". Korean Literature Now. 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d Tae-hun, Kim. "Deep Inkwells of Emotion". Koreana. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b Melikian, Laurent (23 May 2017). "Keum Suk Gendry-Kim : " J'arrive chargée d'espoir "". ActuaBD. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Jungmin Yoon, Emily (25 March 2021). "Interview with Keum Suk Gendry-Kim: Imagining the Collective Memory of History". Korean Literature Now. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Ricci, Laura. "Centro Cultural Coreano reabre com exposição da graphic novel 'Grama', de Keum Suk Gendry-Kim". Say K News. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Pereira, Edipo (21 July 2021). "A Espera | Autora de Grama ganha nova HQ no Brasil". Cosmo Nerd (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Ulin, David L. (5 November 2021). "Review: The traumas of history blur into the present in a time-bending Korean graphic novel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Keum Suk Gendry-Kim". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Yeon-soo, Kwak (21 January 2021). "[INTERVIEW] Harvey Award-winning graphic novelist highlights history in cartoons". The Korea Times. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Keum Suk Gendry-Kim". Drawn and Quarterly. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Keum Suk Gendry-Kim named winner of the 2020 Krause Essay Prize". IOWA College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.