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Hwang Sun-won

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Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet

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According to Wikipedia, Hwang Sun-wŏn was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet. Life Hwang was born while Korea was under Japanese colonial rule in Taedong, South Pyongan, in modern-day North Korea. Hwang Sunwon made his literary debut as a middle school student with the publication in 1931 of his poems “My Dream” and “Fear Not, My Son” in Eastern Light . Hwang graduated from Waseda University in Japan with a degree in English. During his time at Waseda he founded a theater group called Tokyo Students’ Group for the Arts , along with fellow students Lee Haerang and Kim Dongwon. In November 1934, Hwang Sunwon published his first poetry collection, Wayward Songs . Following the division of Korea he lived in the South, becoming a professor at Kyunghee University.

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