Song Gisuk | |
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Born | Changhung, Jeollanam-do, Korea | 5 July 1935
Died | 5 December 2021 | (aged 86)
Language | Korean |
Nationality | South Korean |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 송기숙 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Song Gisuk |
McCune–Reischauer | Song Kisuk |
Song Gisuk (Hangul: 송기숙; 5 July 1935 – 5 December 2021 [1]) was a South Korean writer of novels, short stories, and essay. [2]
Song Gisuk was born on 5 July 1935 in Changhung, Jeollanam-do, Korea. [3] Song graduated with an M.A. from Chonnam University in Korea in 1961, and an M.A. from the same university, also in Korean, in 1964. [4] Song worked as a professor at Chonnam National University and was arrested for writing the Declaration of the Democratization of Education. While he was eventually released, he was dismissed from his professorship. In 1980 Song was arrested again for being involved in the 18 May Gwangju Uprising, and released the following year. He then worked as a professor of Korean Literature at Chonnam. [5]
The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarizes Song's contributions to Korean literature:
Novels
Short Stories
Essays
Song Gisuk | |
---|---|
Born | Changhung, Jeollanam-do, Korea | 5 July 1935
Died | 5 December 2021 | (aged 86)
Language | Korean |
Nationality | South Korean |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 송기숙 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Song Gisuk |
McCune–Reischauer | Song Kisuk |
Song Gisuk (Hangul: 송기숙; 5 July 1935 – 5 December 2021 [1]) was a South Korean writer of novels, short stories, and essay. [2]
Song Gisuk was born on 5 July 1935 in Changhung, Jeollanam-do, Korea. [3] Song graduated with an M.A. from Chonnam University in Korea in 1961, and an M.A. from the same university, also in Korean, in 1964. [4] Song worked as a professor at Chonnam National University and was arrested for writing the Declaration of the Democratization of Education. While he was eventually released, he was dismissed from his professorship. In 1980 Song was arrested again for being involved in the 18 May Gwangju Uprising, and released the following year. He then worked as a professor of Korean Literature at Chonnam. [5]
The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarizes Song's contributions to Korean literature:
Novels
Short Stories
Essays