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My Forsaken Star

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My Forsaken Star
AuthorAnnie Park (朴玉順)
Original title내별은어느하늘에: 白人混血兒洋公主의手記
LanguageKorean
PublisherSeoul: Wangja Chulpansa (王子出版社)
Publication date
1965
Publication placeSouth Korea
Pages258
OCLC44172162
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 meaningWhat sky will my star go to: Diary of a mixed-race prostitute
Revised RomanizationNae byeoreun eoneu haneure: Baegin honhyeora yanggongjuui sugi
McCune–ReischauerNae 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.[1][2] The book's English subtitle was "Question Forever".[2]

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.[1] 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.[3]

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.[1][2] 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").[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "South Korea: Confucius' Outcasts", Time, 1965-12-10, archived from the original on April 22, 2008, retrieved 2009-12-02
  2. ^ a b c "Girl Tells Mixed-Blood Plight", Chicago Tribune, p. B4, 1965-12-06, archived from the original on April 11, 2011, retrieved 2009-12-02
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 朴玉順 [Bak Ok-sun]; 松本直樹 [Matsumoto Naoki] (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 [Kodansha], JPNO 66003811
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