Kim Dong-ni was a Korean writer.

He was born in Gyeongju

Gyeongju

Gyeongju is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, covering with a population of 269,343 people according to the 2008 census. Gyeongju is southeast of Seoul, and east of the...

, Gyeongsangbuk-do

Gyeongsangbuk-do

Gyeongsangbuk-do or shortly Gyeongbuk is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea.The Gyeongsangbuk-do Office is...

, Korea

Korea under Japanese rule

Korea was under Japanese rule as part of Japan's 35-year imperialist expansion . Japanese rule ended in 1945 shortly after the Japanese defeat in World War II....

. 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. Over the years he received numerous literary awards.

His work deals with traditional and native Korean themes from a 20th century perspective.

Works

• Hwarangui huye (화랑의 후예, A Descendant of the Hwarang)
• Bawi (바위, The Rock)
• Seondosan (선도산, Seondo Mountain)
• Seomun geori (서문거리, Seomun Street)
• Munyeodo (무녀도, Portrait of a shaman, 1936)
• Hwangtogi (황토기, Loess Valley, 1939)
• Sabanui sipjaga (사반의 십자가, 1955)

English translations

• The Cry of the Magpies (까치소리, translated by Sol Soonbong, Seoul: Jimoondang Publishing, 2002. ISBN 8988095588.