O Sang-won

O Sang-won was born on 5 November 1930 in Seoncheon, in North Pyongan, and studied French literature at Seoul National University. According to the Literature Translation Institute, he won a drama competition in 1953, made his debut in 1955 with a short story in the Hankook Ilbo and in 1960, after the April uprising, founded an association of postwar writers. Having joined the Dong-a Ilbo, he worked there as a reporter and then as an editorial writer, and wrote a column and fables that criticised the Yusin regime. He died on 3 December 1985.

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• Short stories모반O Sang-won · 1957not translated into EnglishLiterature