Kim Wan-seop
Kim Wan-seop | |
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| Born | 김완섭 (金完燮) 1963 |
| Occupation(s) | writer, novelist, journalist, educator |
| Kim Wan-seop | |
| Hangul | 김완섭 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Wan-seop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Wan-sǒp |
Kim Wan-seop (born 1963) is a South Korean writer, novelist, journalist, and educator. A native of Gwangju, he participated in the 1980 Gwangju Democratization Movement, and is a critic of his home country's alleged nationalism and fascism.
Life
Kim was born in Gwangju in 1963.[1] He graduated from Salesian High School in 1982, and entered Seoul National University the same year, majoring in physics and also studying history and political economy. However, he dropped out in 1989 to begin working as a journalist, at first focusing on computers.[2]
He dropped out in the same year of the strike of Kuro-Kuchung. He later began work as a novelist. He lived in Australia between 1996 and 1998.
Political views
Kim is one of the last survivors of the "Gwangju Democratization Movement's Peoples Army".[citation needed]
Kim is identified in the media as pro-Japanese due to his political positions and alleged glamorization of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, and has been accused of character defamation against various historical Korean nationalists. In 2004, a Seoul prosecutor indicted him for comments he made about Kim Gu.[3] In 2006, Kim Eul-dong, the granddaughter of early 20th-century Korean nationalist Kim Jwa-jin, accused him of defamation of character for comments he made about Kim Jwa-jin in an essay posted on portal site Daum.[4]
Works
- [[:Template:Asiantitle]], 紀翰齋 [Gihanjae], 1991
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- Template:Asiantitle, 춘추사 [Chunchusa], 1996, ISBN 978-89-7815-016-3, OCLC 35893721
See also
References
- ^ Kim, Sang-gi (2006-02-24), "김완섭을 만나다 2: '나를 아는자，나를 욕하라!' [Meeting Kim Wan-seop, part 2: 'know me, curse me']", Kookmin Ilbo, retrieved 2011-01-21
- ^ Ji, Man-won (2005-03-27), "자기 똥, 남의 옷에 바르는 파렴치한 인간들", Tongnip Sinmun, retrieved 2011-01-21
- ^ "'백범 김구 명예훼손' 검찰, 친일작가 기소 [Prosecutor indicts pro-Japanese author who 'defamed Kim Gu']", Maeil Business Newspaper, 2004-07-27, retrieved 2011-01-21
- ^ "김을동, 친일작가 김완섭씨 명예훼손으로 고소 [Kim Eul-dong accuses pro-Japanese author Kim Wan-seop of defamation of character]", Chosun Ilbo, 2006-02-25, retrieved 2011-01-21