8 , ▁her ▁short ▁story ▁" K n ife ▁Mark s " ▁won ▁the ▁Y i ▁Hy os ŏ k ▁Liter ary ▁Award . ▁Like wise , ▁she ▁was ▁the ▁young est ▁to ▁ever ▁be ▁awarded ▁this ▁prize . ▁ ▁Kim ' s ▁stories ▁feature ▁young ▁people ▁in ▁their ▁ 2 0 s ▁who ▁have ▁moved ▁up ▁to ▁Se oul ▁from ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁After ▁industrial ization ▁and ▁urban ization ▁began ▁in ▁earnest ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁Korean ▁literature ▁frequently ▁de alt ▁with ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁young ▁people ▁who ▁turned ▁their ▁back s ▁on ▁their ▁h omet own s ▁to ▁come ▁to ▁Se oul . ▁However , ▁though ▁young ▁people ▁continued ▁to ▁move ▁to ▁the ▁capital ▁after ▁the ▁new ▁mill en ni um , ▁literary ▁interest ▁in ▁their ▁stories ▁began ▁to ▁decrease . ▁Because ▁Kim ▁spent ▁most ▁of ▁her ▁child hood ▁growing ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁rural ▁village ▁called ▁Se os an ▁and ▁only ▁began ▁living ▁in ▁Se oul ▁in ▁her ▁ 2 0 s , ▁she ▁im b ues ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁in ▁her ▁stories ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁sense ▁of ▁real ism . ▁ ▁She ▁originally ▁studied ▁play writing ▁in ▁college , ▁and ▁perhaps ▁for ▁that ▁reason ▁her ▁stories ▁reve al ▁an ▁unusual ▁interest ▁in ▁small , ▁run - down ▁spaces . ▁The ▁short ▁story ▁" Christ mas ▁Special " ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁a ▁run - down ▁inn , ▁while ▁" Run , ▁D addy , ▁Run " ▁and ▁" H appy ▁Life