BANDI AND SURVIVING NORTH KOREA

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BANDI AND SURVIVING NORTH KOREA

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Article: https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2018/05/bandi-and-surviving-north-korea
Journal: hyphenmagazine
Issued Date: May 05, 2018
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED STATES
City: -
Book: The Accusation
Writer: Bandi
Translator: Deborah Smith

About the Author

Bandi
Birth : 1950 ~ Unknown
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Bandi
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 반디
ISNI : 000000045956728X
Works : 9

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English(English)

'The Accusation: Forbidden Stories From Inside North Korea' unravels seven stories by Bandi, the pseudonym for the writer who still resides in North Korea. Smuggled out by an escaping relative, Bandi’s manuscript was translated by Deborah Smith and is his first and only published book to date. Bandi was born in a northeastern province of Hamgyeong and was a child during the start of the Korean War. Bandi gravitated towards literature and began to make a name for himself when his writing was first published in North Korean magazines in his 20s. After putting off his writing career, he eventually joined the Chosun Literature and Art General League, where he became a contributor to different periodicals. Bandi was spurred into action after living through the famine of the 1990s after he witnessed many people live through miserable conditions and committed to denouncing North Korea’s contradictory socialist system...

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