Kim Ryeo-ryeong
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Kim Ryeo-ryeong is a South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n writer.

Life

Kim Ryeo-ryeong was born in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

 in 1971 and went on to earn her degree in creative writing from the Seoul Institute of the Arts
Seoul Institute of the Arts
Seoul Institute of the Arts was founded by Chi-Jin Yoo in 1962. The Ansan Campus was completed in February 2001 and is the designated centre of arts education, whilst the Namsan Campus is the center of art experience. SIA has 2400 students in 13 departments...

. 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 Award in 2007 for The Child Who Brought Memory, and Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction in 2007 for Wandeuk (published by Changbi). . Wandeuk was immediately successful with readers and was declared the “best novel of the year” in an online poll . The book went on to sell more than 700,000 copies. and was made into a successful film, titled Punch
Punch (2011 film)
Punch is 2011 South Korean coming of age film is based of novel by Kim Ryeo-Ryeong is about the story of a teacher who become a trainer of a poor and troubled student after he discovered his talent of boxing...

in English, in 2011.

Works in Korean (Partial)

A Seahorse Lives in My Heart

The Child Who Brought Memory

Wandeuk (완득이)

Elegant Lies (우아한 거짓말)

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