List of Korean novelists
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- Cho Hae-ilCho Hae-il-Life:Cho Hae-il was born April 18, 1941 in Manchuria and was originally given the name Haeryong, which means Sea Dragon in Chinese. After the liberation of Korea his family returned to Seoul and five years later the Korean war began. During the war his family joined the stream of refuges who...
- Choi In-hoChoi In-hoChoi In-ho is a South Korean writer. Born in 1945 in Seoul, Choi was a literary prodigy, publishing his first story, Patient Apprentice, while only 18. Choi graduated from the English Department at Yonsei University in Seoul...
- Choi In-hunChoi In-hun-Life:Choi, In-hun was born on April 13, 1936 in Hoeryong City, North Hamgyong Province, which is now in North Korea. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, he took refuge with his family to South Korea aboard a U.S. Navy landing ship. He was admitted to the college of Law at Seoul National...
- Chae Man-shikChae Man-shikChae Man-shik was a Korean novelist known for his satirical bent. He was born in Okgu, in present-day Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, to a family of the Pyeonggang Chae clan...
- Cho Se-huiCho Se-huiCho Sehuiis Korean novelist. He attended Seorabeol Art College and Kyonggi University in Seoul. Cho was a member of the so-called "hangul generation," which was called that because its member were the first to be educated in the Korean language Cho Sehui(趙世熙, Aug 20 1942, Gapyeong of Gyeongi-do)is...
- Cho Seon-jakCho Seon-jak-Life:Cho Seon-jak was born in Daejeon, South Korea Cho Seonjak graduated from Daejeon Teachers' School and debuted with The Tomb of the Patriots which was published in Generation...
- Choe YunChoe YunCh'oe Yun is the pen-name of Korean writer and Professor of French Literature Ch'oe Hyon-mu. Ch'oe was born in Seoul in 1953 and received her Ph. D from Sogang University. In 1978, Ch’oe graduated from Sogang University and went to France, where she received the doctorate de 3 ème Cycle de la...
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- Han Kang
- Han Moo-sookHan Moo-sook-Life:Han Moo-sook was born October 25, 1918 in Seoul and graduated from Pusan Girls’ High School. She initially studied fine arts but switched to literature after she married Kim Zin-hoong in 1941. She has five children. Active in literary and artistic circles as well, Han Musuk held various...
- Han Su-sanHan Su-san-Early years:Born on November 13, 1946 in Inje, Gangwan-do, Han Su-san graduated from Chuncheon High School and initially went to college at the Chuncheon College of Education in 1965, from which he transferred to Kyunghee University, where he graduated with a degree in Korean Literature...
- Heo GyunHeo GyunHeo Gyun was a prominent Korean politician, scholar, and writer of the Joseon dynasty. He was born of a noble family and passed the nation's highest civil services exams in 1594...
- Hwang Suk-young
- Hwang Sun-wonHwang Sun-wonHwang Sun-wŏn was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet. He was born while Korea was under Japanese colonial rule in Taedong, South Pyongan, in modern-day North Korea; however, following the division of Korea he lived in the South, becoming a professor at Kyunghee University.Although he...
- Hyun Jin-geonHyun Jin-geon-Early years:Hyun Jin-geon was born in Daegu, Korea, in 1900 . His education was international:He attended high school in Tokyo and studied German at Shanghai Hogang University in China. In China, Hyun and fellow Korean writers Lee Sangwha and Baek Giman published a literary magazine named Geohwa...
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- Kang Kyeong-aeKang Kyeong-aeKang Gyeong-ae was a South Korean writer.-Life:Kang Gyeong-ae was born in Songhwa, Hwanghae-do, and had an unhappy childhood...
- Kang YounghillYounghill KangYounghill Kang was an important early Asian American writer. He is best known for his 1931 novel The Grass Roof and its sequel, the 1937 fictionalized memoir East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee. He has been called "the father of Korean American literature."- Life and career :As a...
- Kim Chi-wonKim Chi-won-Life:Kim Chi-won is the product of a literary family. Born in 1943 in the Gyeonggi Province, her mother is Ch’oe Chong-hui, who was one of the most popular female Korean writers in the twentieth century and Kim's sister, Kim Ch’ae-won is also a writer In 1965, Kim Chi-won graduated from Ehwa...
- Kim Dong-inKim Dong-in-Life:Kim Dong-in, born on October 2, 1900 in Pyeongyang, Pyeongannam-do was a pioneer of realism and naturalism in Modern Korean literature. A son of a wealthy landowner, like many other young Korean intellectuals Kim took his higher education in Japan, attending the Meiji Academy in Tokyo and...
- Kim Dong-niKim Dong-niKim Dong-ni was a Korean writer.He was born in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. At the age of 16 he started his literary career by publishing poems in various newspapers. He made his fame in the Korean literary world with his short stories...
- Kim Gu-yongKim Gu-yongKim Gu-yong, pen name of Kim Kku , was a poet and calligrapher living in what is now South Korea. His poetry showed the spirit of Taoism but also reflected Buddhism...
- Kim In-sukKim In-sukKim In-suk is a South Korean writer.-Life:Kim In-Suk is an author from the Korean 386 generation...
- Kim Moon-sooKim Moon-sooKim Moon-Soo is a Korean politician and the 32nd Governor of Gyeonggi Province, Korea. A former labor activist, he began his career in politics when he participated in the foundation of the People’s Party in 1990. He was elected to the 15th National Assembly at Sosa-gu, Bucheon, as a candidate for...
- Kim Myeong-sunKim Myeong-sunKim Myeong-sun was a female Korean novelist and poet of the early 20th century. She made her debut in 1917, in a magazine edited by Choe Nam-seon called Youth , with a novella titled Uimun-ui sonyeo, or "Dubious girl." She became known for her keen psychological portraits, with her 1921...
- Kim Ryeo-ryeongKim Ryeo-ryeong-Life:Kim Ryeo-ryeong was born in Seoul in 1971 and went on to earn her degree in creative writing from the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She has won multiple prizes for her writing including the Munhak Dongne Children’s Literature Prize in 2007 for A Seahorse Lives in My Heart, Ma Hae-song Literary...
- Kim Seung-okKim Seung-okKim Seung-ok is a South Korean novelist and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Osaka, Japan, Kim Seung-ok returned to Korea after its liberation in 1945. There, he was raised in Suncheon in Jeollanam-do where he graduated from Suncheon High School...
- Kim Won-ilKim Won-il-Life:In 1942 Kim Won-il was born in Chinyong, South Kyongsang Province. He was only a child when his father, a communist activist, defected to the North during the Korean War. The father left his wife and four children behind, to a legacy of great poverty and a cloud of ideological suspicion....
- Kim Yong-ikKim Yong-ikKim Yong Ik , also known as Yong Ik Kim, was an early Korean-American writer, originally from South Korea, and, in particular from Tongyong...
- Kim Young-haKim Young-ha-Early years:Kim was born in Hwacheon. He moved from place to place as a child, since his father was in the military. As a child, he suffered from gas poisoning from coal gas and lost memory before ten. He was educated at Yonsei University in Seoul, majoring business administration, but he didn't...
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- Yang Gui-jaYang Gui-ja-Life:South Korean novelist Yang Gui-ja was born July 1, 1955 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do and graduated from Wonkwang University in 1978 with a degree in Korean Literature. She later moved to Seoul after her marriage in 1980. Yang made her literary debut with the short stories Starting a New Morning...
- Yi Chong-jun
- Yi Kwang-suYi Kwang-su-Life:Famous for writing Heartless the "first Korean novel," Yi Kwangsu was born Yi Bogyeong on February 1, 1892. Yi was orphaned at about age 10 and grew up with Donghak believers. In 1904, around the time of the Donghak Peasant Revolution, he moved to Seoul in order to avoid the authorities. In...
- Yi Mun-yol
- Yi SangYi SangYi Sang is considered one of the most innovative writers in modern Korean literature. Crossing and blurring the boundaries between poetry, fiction and essay, his experiments in literary form and language, as well the psychological complexity of his inquiry into passion, eroticism and the...
- Yoo Jae-yongYoo Jae-yongYu Jae-yong is a South Korean novelist, known for his faithfulness to traditional forms and emphasis on steadfast characters. He was born in Kimhwa, Kangwon-do, during the period of Japanese rule....
- Yu Haeon-jong
- Yun Dae-nyeongYun Dae-nyeong-Life:Yun Dae-nyeong was born in 1962 in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province. He graduated from Danguk University with a degree in French Language and Literature. He admitted, however, that in his college days he attended more Korean literature classes than French ones. His early boyhood was spent...
- Yun Heung-gilYun Heung-gilYun Heung-gil is a South Korean novelist known for his treatment of conflicts between the individual and society. He received his degree in Korean literature from Wongwang University in 1973. In 1977 he won the Korean Literature Writers Award.Yun's career can be divided into three phases...