{"id":1057,"date":"2002-11-01T20:53:29","date_gmt":"2002-11-02T00:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:37:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:37:46","slug":"when-my-name-was-keoko-by-linda-sue-park-author-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/when-my-name-was-keoko-by-linda-sue-park-author-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park + Author Profile [in Bloomsbury Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"When<\/a>When My Name Was Keoko <\/em>is\u00a0the first title for young audiences to deal with the Japanese\u00a0occupation of Korea during the first half of the 20th century,\u00a0a torturous part of history about which few outside of Korea\u00a0are even aware. In calm, simple language, Newbery Medal<\/a>-winning Linda Sue Park<\/a> captures a difficult\u00a0story that spans the last years of the Japanese occupation,\u00a0during which Korean language, culture, and traditions\u00a0were literally banned.<\/p>\n

Told in the alternating voices of Kim\u00a0Sun-hee, who is 10 years old in 1940, and Kim Tae-yul, her\u00a0brother who is 13, the novel captures five years of Japanese brutality countered by Korean patriotism. The author\u2019s note\u00a0at book\u2019s end is a valuable historical supplement.<\/p>\n

Repeating Forbidden Words: A Profile of Linda Sue Park, Winner of the <\/strong>Newbery Medal
\nWhen\u00a0Linda Sue Park first received the call early this year\u00a0announcing that she had won the top honor in children\u2019s\u00a0literature \u2013\u00a0the coveted 2002 Newbery Medal<\/a> for\u00a0A Single Shard \u2013 <\/em>her immediate reaction was disbelief. \u201cI had to\u00a0ask the woman to repeat what she had said a couple of times\u00a0before I could believe I had won,\u201d Park recalls with a laugh. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The winning title, about a young orphan boy in 13th-century\u00a0Korea who becomes the apprentice to an acerbic master potter,\u00a0is Park\u2019s third book for middle-schoolers. Her first, published in\u00a01999, is Seesaw Girl<\/em>, about an aristocratic\u00a0girl growing up in 17th-century Korea.\u00a0Her second, published in 2000, is The Kite\u00a0Fighters<\/em>, about two brothers in 15th-century\u00a0Korea who compete in the New Year\u00a0kite competition secretly representing the\u00a0boy-king. When Park won the Newbery,\u00a0she became the first Korean American, and only the second\u00a0Asian American, to win the award; Dhan Gopal Mukerji won\u00a0for Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon<\/em> in 1928.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Less than two months after receiving the Newbery, Park\u2019s\u00a0follow-up, When My Name Was Keoko<\/em>, debuted in March.\u00a0\u201cHaving Keoko <\/em>finished long before the Newbery was\u00a0announced was a tremendous relief,\u201d says Park. While Park\u2019s\u00a0other titles are all historical novels based in Korea, Keoko <\/em>is a\u00a0departure from her earlier, noncontroversial works. …[click here for more<\/a>]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Author Profile<\/strong>: The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, November\/December 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

Tidbit<\/strong>:\u00a0Linda Sue Park <\/a>was a much lauded guest for the Smithsonian’s\u00a0Korean American Centennial Commemoration<\/a>‘s\u00a0fall program, “Children’s Books<\/a>,”\u00a0on September 13, 2003.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"when-my-name-was-keoko\"When My Name Was Keoko <\/em>is the first title for young audiences to deal with the Japanese occupation of Korea during the first half of the 20th century, a torturous part of history about which few outside of Korea are even aware. In calm, simple language, Newbery Medal<\/a>-winning Linda Sue Park<\/a> captures a difficult story that spans the last years of the Japanese occupation, during which Korean language, culture, and traditions were literally banned.<\/p>\n

Told in the alternating voices of Kim Sun-hee, who is 10 years old in 1940, and Kim Tae-yul, her brother who is 13, the novel captures five years of Japanese brutality countered by Korean patriotism. The author\u2019s note at book\u2019s end is a valuable historical supplement.<\/p>\n

Repeating Forbidden Words: A Profile of Linda Sue Park, Winner of the <\/strong>Newbery Medal
\nWhen Linda Sue Park first received the call early this year announcing that she had won the top honor in children\u2019s literature \u2013 the coveted 2002 Newbery Medal<\/a> for A Single Shard \u2013 <\/em>her immediate reaction was disbelief. \u201cI had to ask the woman to repeat what she had said a couple of times before I could believe I had won,\u201d Park recalls with a laugh. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The winning title, about a young orphan boy in 13th-century Korea who becomes the apprentice to an acerbic master potter, is Park\u2019s third book for middle-schoolers. Her first, published in 1999, is Seesaw Girl<\/em>, about an aristocratic girl growing up in 17th-century Korea. Her second, published in 2000, is The Kite Fighters<\/em>, about two brothers in 15th-century Korea who compete in the New Year kite competition secretly representing the boy-king. When Park won the Newbery, she became the first Korean American, and only the second Asian American, to win the award; Dhan Gopal Mukerji won for Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon<\/em> in 1928.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Less than two months after receiving the Newbery, Park\u2019s follow-up, When My Name Was Keoko<\/em>, debuted in March. \u201cHaving Keoko <\/em>finished long before the Newbery was announced was a tremendous relief,\u201d says Park. While Park\u2019s other titles are all historical novels based in Korea, Keoko <\/em>is a departure from her earlier, noncontroversial works. …[click here for more<\/a>]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Author Profile<\/strong>: The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, November\/December 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

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