Lavrenti Dyadyunovich Son (russian: Лаврентий Дядюнович Сон, born February 2, 1941) is a

Koryo-saram Koryo-saram ( ko, 고려사람; russian: Корё сарам; uk, Корьо-сарам) is the name which ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves. The term is composed of two Korean words: "", a historical name for ...

playwright, author of short stories, and founder of Song Cinema, a documentary company producing movies about the minority ethnicities of the

former USSR The post-Soviet states, also known as the former Soviet Union (FSU), the former Soviet Republics and in Russia as the near abroad (russian: links=no, ближнее зарубежье, blizhneye zarubezhye), are the 15 sovereign states that wer ...

. His play ''Memory'' (기억), about the deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union, is one of the few plays to ever be written in Koryo-mar. It was first performed by the

Korean Theatre of Kazakhstan The Korean Theatre or Koryo Theatre (; ) is a national theatre that specializes in the culture of Korea in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is operated by and associated with the Koryo-saram community: ethnic Koreans of the Post-Soviet states, former Sovie ...

in 1997.

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* 1941 births Kazakhstani dramatists and playwrights Kazakhstani people of Korean descent Koryo-saram Living people Soviet people of Korean descent {{Kazakhstan-bio-stub