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Kim Yongsung(김용성)

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Title
Kim Yongsung
Family Name
Kim
First Name
Yongsung
Preferred Name
-
Pen Name
李相文, Kim, Yongsung
ISNI
0000000084806829
Birth
1940
Death
2011
Occupation
Novelist
Period
Modern
Representative Works
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  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)

Kim Yongsung (1940-2011) is a South Korean novelist. He began his literary career when his novel Ireun jawa chajeun ja (잃은 자와 찾은 자The Lost and the Found) won the Hankook Ilbo novel contest in 1961. Kim sharply criticizes the mechanical reality and shows a new historical awareness in his works. He is the winner of the 2004 Kim Dongni Literary Award. l  Novel Lippattong janggun (리빠똥장군 General Lippattong) (1971)l  Novel Tteodoneun using (떠도는 우상 Wandering Idol) (1980)

김용성(1940~2011)은 한국의 소설가다. 1961년 장편<잃은 자와 찾은 자>가 <한국일보>장편소설에 당선되며 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 메커니즘적 현실을 날카롭게 비판하고 새로운 역사적 인식을 작품에서 보여주었다. 2004년 김동리문학상을 수상했다. 

  • 장편<리빠똥장군>(1971), <떠도는 우상>(1980)

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