Yi Ki-yeong

Yi Ki-yeong was born in Asan, in South Chungcheong, in 1895 or 1896 depending on the sources. He studied English at a school in Tōkyō, worked on the magazine Joseon Jigwang and joined the federation of proletarian artists as early as 1925. He was imprisoned several times in the thirties. After liberation, he went north, where he took part in defining literary policy and headed the federation of literature and arts. He died in Pyongyang on 9 August 1984.

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• Novel고향Yi Ki-yeong · 1933not translated into EnglishLiterature