Kim Myeong-sun
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Kim Myeong-sun (b. 1896 in Pyongyang
) 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 (정춘), with a novella titled Uimun-ui sonyeo, or "Dubious girl." She became known for her keen psychological portraits, with her 1921 novella Chilmyeonjo (Turkey), which was published in the magazine Enlightenment (개벽). She continued publishing as late as 1925, but succumbed to mental illness thereafter. Some sources allege that her mental illness was due to a love affair. Her year of death is not known.
Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...
) 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 (정춘), with a novella titled Uimun-ui sonyeo, or "Dubious girl." She became known for her keen psychological portraits, with her 1921 novella Chilmyeonjo (Turkey), which was published in the magazine Enlightenment (개벽). She continued publishing as late as 1925, but succumbed to mental illness thereafter. Some sources allege that her mental illness was due to a love affair. Her year of death is not known.
See also
- Korean literatureKorean literatureKorean literature is the body of literature produced in Korea or by Korean writers. For much of its 3,000 years of literature history, it was written both in Hanja and in Korean, first using the transcription systems idu and gugyeol, and finally using the Korean script Hangul. It is commonly...
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of Korean language poets