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| Author | Annie Park (朴玉順) |
|---|---|
| Original title | 내별은어느하늘에: 白人混血兒洋公主의手記 |
| Language | Korean |
| Publisher | Seoul: Wangja Chulpansa (王子出版社) |
| Publication date | 1965 |
| Publication place | South Korea |
| Pages | 258 |
| OCLC | 44172162 |
| My Forsaken Star | |
| Hangul | 내 별은 어느 하늘에: 백인 혼혈아 양공주의 수기 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 내 별은 어느 하늘에: 白人 混血兒 洋公主의 手記 |
| Literal meaning | What sky will my star go to: Diary of a mixed-race prostitute |
| Revised Romanization | Nae byeoreun eoneu haneure: Baegin honhyeora yanggongjuui sugi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nae pyŏrŭn ŏnŭ hanŭre: Paegin honhyŏra yanggongjuŭi sugi |
My Forsaken Star or My Star in What Sky are English names used to refer to the Korean-language autobiography of Annie Park. The book's English subtitle was "Question Forever".
Park, the Eurasian daughter of a South Korean prostitute and an American soldier stationed in South Korea, found out about her mother's occupation one night at age six by following her to work; as Park returned home that same night, she was lured into an alley and sexually assaulted by a stranger. Park herself began working as a prostitute at age 16. She and a ghostwriter authored and published her book in South Korea three years later. The book became a best-seller, and was serialised in newspapers at the time; a movie based on the book began filming in late November 1965. The movie version was the debut performance of Yi Yeong-ok; Yi would go on to act in a number of other movies, such as the 1972 Janghwa Hongryeonjeon.
There were also plans to create a South Korean television series based on My Forsaken Star, as well as a U.S. version of the book. Kodansha published a Japanese translation by Naoki Matsumoto in 1966 under the title Waga Hoshiha Izukoni: Aoimeno Kankoku Joseino Shugi ("Where Will My Star Go: Diary of a Blue-Eyed Korean Girl").
References
- ^ "South Korea: Confucius' Outcasts", Time, 1965-12-10, archived from the original on April 22, 2008, retrieved 2009-12-02
- ^ "Girl Tells Mixed-Blood Plight", Chicago Tribune, p. B4, 1965-12-06, archived from the original on April 11, 2011, retrieved 2009-12-02
- Bak, Hoe-seok (2007-06-12). 다시보는 선데이서울: 청춘영화의 대명사 이영옥 [Seoul Sinmun Sunday Edition retrospective: Yi Yeong-ok, a name synonymous with teen movies]. Seoul Sinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 2009-12-05.
- 朴玉順 ; 松本直樹 (1966), わが星はいずこに : 青い目の韓国女性の手記 [My star is here: A memoir of a Korean woman with blue eyes] (in Japanese), 講談社 , JPNO 66003811
External links
- Table of contents, from the database of the National Library of Korea
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