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Jang Jin-sung(장진성)

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Title
Jang Jin-sung
Family Name
Jang
First Name
Jin-sung
Preferred Name
-
Pen Name
張真晟, 張振成, Jang Jinseong
ISNI
0000000467987102
Birth
-
Death
Unknown
Occupation
Writer, Government official
Period
Modern
Representative Works
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  • Descriptions
  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)
  • Chinese(汉语)

Jang Jin-sung is the pseudonym of a North Korean poet and government official who defected to South Korea. He had worked as a psychological warfare officer within the United Front Department of the Korean Workers' Party. Jang specifically worked within the United Front Department Section 5 (Literature), Division 19 (Poetry) of Office 101. Office 101 created propaganda intended to encourage South Korean sympathy for North Korea. One of Jang's job duties was to create poetry under a South Korean pseudonym Kim Kyong-min and in a South Korean style. His poetry was intended for distribution within South Korea.

 

장진성은 한국의 시인이다. 2004년 탈북하여 한국으로 망명한 후 시집 《내 딸을 백 원에 팝니다》(2015)로 시인으로서 이름을 알렸다. 

2014년에는 북한의 실상을 고발하는 수기 《경애하는 지도자에게》를 펴냈다.


张真晟，韩国诗人。2004年逃离北朝鲜定居韩国后，推出了诗集《我的女儿卖一百元》（《내 딸을 백 원에 팝니다》，2015），以诗人身份步入文坛。2014年出版了揭露北朝鲜现状的告发笔记《致敬爱的领袖》（《경애하는 지도자에게》)。        


诗集《我的女儿卖一百元》（《내 딸을 백 원에 팝니다》，2015）、《致敬爱的领袖》(《경애하는 지도자에게》，2014）


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