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Kim Songhan(김성한)

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Title
Kim Songhan
Family Name
Kim
First Name
Songhan
Middle Name
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Preferred Name
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Pen Name
하남, 金声翰, 金聲翰
ISNI
0000000083518788
Birth
1919
Death
2010
Occupation
Novelist, Poet
Period
Modern
Representative Works
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Kim Seong-han (1919-2010) was a South Korean novelist. He debuted in 1950 when his short story “Mumyeongno” (무명로 Lightless Road) won a contest hosted by the daily Seoul sinmun. Through his work, Kim sought to criticize the problems of human society that were beyond time, and from the 1960s, he focused on fictionalizing Korean history. Along with Son Chang-sop and Chang Yong-hak, he was regarded as a writer who led the Korean literary scene in the 1950s.

* Short story collection Amyahaeng (암야행) (1951)

* Short story “Ohbungan” (오 분 간 In Five Minutes) (1957)

* Novel Yi Seong-gye (이성계 Yi Seong-gye) (1979)

김성한(1919~2010)은 한국의 소설가다. 1950년 <서울신문>에 단편<무명로>가 당선되어 등단했다. 작가는 작품에서 시대와 시간을 초월해 인간 사회의 문제를 비판하고, 1960년대 이후에는 한국의 역사를 소설화하는데 주력했다. 작가는 손창섭, 장용학 등과 함께 1950년대 문단을 주도했다는 평가를 받았다. 

金声翰(1919-2010)，韩国小说家。1950年在《首尔新闻》发表短篇作品《无名路》（《무명로》），自此步入文坛。作家通过超越时代和时间的作品批判了人类社会的问题。20世纪60年代后，致力于韩国历史小说的创作。与孙昌燮、张龙鹤一起引领了20世纪50年代的韩国文坛。 短篇小说集《暗夜行》（《암야행》，1951）、《五分钟》（《오분간》，1957）、长篇小说《李成桂》（《이성계》，1979）

  • 단편집<암야행>(1951), <오 분 간>(1957), 장편<이성계>(1979)

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