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Writer

Kim Kwang-shik(김광식)

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Title
Kim Kwang-shik
Family Name
Kim
First Name
Kwang-shik
Middle Name
-
Preferred Name
-
Pen Name
Kim Kwang-shik, 金光植
ISNI
0000000022896267
Birth
1921
Death
2002
Occupation
Novelist
Period
Modern
Representative Works
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Debut
  • - Work(s) : 환상곡
  • - Media : 사상계
  • - Year : 1954
  • Descriptions
  • Works
  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)

Kim Kwang-shik (1921~2002) was a South Korean novelist. He made his literary debut 1954 with the publication of his short story “Hwansanggok” (환상곡 Fantasia) in the magazine Sasanggye. His poetry deals with the inner world of helpless and lonely individuals living in grim reality. ·          Novel Singminji (식민지 Colony) (1936)·          Novel Godokan yangji (고독한 양지 Lonely Place in the Sun) (1979)

김광식(1921~2002)은 한국의 소설가다. 1954년 <사상계>에 단편<환상곡>을 발표하며 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 암울한 현실에서 살아가는 무기력하고 고독한 개인의 내면을 작품의 주제로 삼았다. 

  • 장편<식민지>(1936), <고독한 양지>(1979)

Original Works1

Translated Books2