Choe Il-lam

Choe Il-lam was born on 29 December 1932 in Jeonju. A graduate of the Jeonju teachers' school, he studied Korean literature at Seoul National University, made his debut in 1953 in the magazine Munye and was recognised in 1956 by Hyundae Munhak. A journalist, he ran the culture pages of the Minguk Ilbo, the Kyunghyang Shinmun and the Dong-a Ilbo, from which he was dismissed in 1980 under the military regime; he returned there in 1984 as an editorial writer. He received the Yi Sang Prize in 1986 and died in Seoul on 28 May 2023.

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• Short stories타령Choe Il-lam · 1977not translated into EnglishLiterature