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Literary Critic Lee O Young | LIST

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http://list.or.kr/content/literary-critic-lee-o-young
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Lee O Young

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  • Lee O Young
  • Birth : 1934 ~ -
  • Occupation : Literary critic
  • First Name : O Young
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 이어령
  • ISNI : 0000000081741505
  • Works : 14
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Literary Critic Lee O Young Author's Profile By Kim Do-eon on Oct 19 2014 17:31:10 Vol.21 Autumn 2013 An exceptionally eminent scholar, writer, and critic, Lee O Young has lived through Korea’s tumultuous changes throughout his 80 years. Lee takes a look at his career and the cultural contributions he has made to understanding Korea and her neighboring countries, China and Japan.   Kim Do-eon: You have devoted your life to varied creative pursuits, starting with your career as a literary critic, then novelist, poet, playwright, contemporary literature scholar, semiologist, Japanese culture scholar, opening and closing ceremonies director for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, as well as the first Minister of Culture, instrumental in implementing cultural policies. But your starting point was literature. I find this to be very meaningful. How did it come to be that literature was your introduction to your creative career?

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