This is a partial list of Korean novelists.

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Ahn Soo-kil Ahn Soo-kil (1911–1977) was a Korean novelist and journalist who devoted much of his life to depicting the lives of the Korean settlers in Jiandao, Manchuria. Life An Sugil (sobriquet: Namseok) was born on November 3, 1911, in Hamhŭng, Ham ...

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Bae Su-ah Bae Suah (born 1965) is a South Korean author and translator. Life Bae graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in chemistry. At the time of her debut in 1993, she was a government employee working behind the embarkation/disemb ...

Baek Minseok Baek Minseok (Hangul: 백민석) is a modern South Korean writer. Life Baek Minseok was born in 1971, in Seoul. In 2004, Baek announced that he would no longer write and since then, he has suspended all writing activities. Work Baek Minse ...

Bang Hyun-seok Bang Hyeon-seok is a South Korean writer Life Bang was born in 1961 in Ulsan, South Korea, and has served as the president of Society of Young Writers For Understanding Vietnam, and he continues to devote much of his creative energy to explori ...

Bang Young-ung Bang Young-ung (20 July 1942 – 31 August 2022) was a South Korean novelist whose works focus on affectionately portraying the lives of ordinary people in contemporary South Korea. Life Bang Yeong-ung was born on 20 July 1942 in Yesan, Chungc ...

Bok Koh-il Bok Geo-il (born March 20, 1946) is a South Korean novelist, poet, literary critic and social commentator. Early life and education Bok was born in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, United States Army Military Government in Korea, Southern Korea. Bok Ge ...

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Jeong Chan (author) Jung Chan (; born 1953) is a South Korean writer."정찬" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://library.klti.or.kr/node/352 Life Jung Chan was born in 1953 and graduated from Seoul National University Seoul ...

Cheon Myeong-kwan Cheon Myeong-kwan (The romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea) (born 1964) is a South Korean novelist, screenwriter and film director. His novel ''Modern Family'' was adapted into a film, Boomerang Family, in 2013. Life Ch ...

Cho Hae-il Cho Hae-il (birth name Cho Hae-ryong, 18 April 1941 – 19 June 2020) was a South Korean writer. Life Cho Hae-il was born April 18, 1941, in Manchukuo and was originally given the name Haeryong, which means "Sea Dragon".America, by Cho Hae-il, ...

* Choi In-ho *

Choi Il-nam Choi Il-Nam (; born December 29, 1932) is a South Korean writer. Life Born in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do on December 29, 1932, Choi Il-Nam graduated from Seoul National University in 1957 with a degree in Korean Language and Literature. He receive ...

Choi In-hun Choi In-hoon (; 13 April 1936 – 23 July 2018) was a South Korean novelist and professor of creative writing at Seoul Institute of the Arts from 1977 to 2001. He is well-known for his 1960 novel ''The Square'', which depicts "the troubled life ...

Choi Soo-cheol Choi Suchol is a Korean author. Life Choi Suchol was born on May 13, 1958 in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do. After attending Chuncheon High School, Choi received undergraduate and graduate degrees in French Literature from Seoul National University ...

* Chae Man-shik * Cho Se-hui *

Cho Seon-jak Cho Seon-jak (born 1940) () is a South Korean writer. Life Cho Seon-jak was born in Daejeon, South Korea.The Preview and Other Stories, Asian Humanities Press, 2003. vii Cho Seonjak graduated from Daejeon Teachers' School and debuted with ...

Cho Sung-ki Cho Sung-ki is a South Korean writer. Life Cho Sung-ki was born March 30, 1951, in Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. He attended Busan Middle School and Gyeonggi High School where he put himself through a strenuous self-training period ...

Choe Yun Choe Hyeonmu (born 1953), better known by her pen name Choe Yun, is a South Korean writer, translator, and professor of French literature. Life Choe Yun was born in Seoul in 1953. She received her Ph.D. from Sogang University, graduating in 19 ...

Chun Woon-young Cheon Unyeong (, born 1971) is a modern South Korean writer. Life Cheon Unyeong was born in 1971 in Seoul, South Korea. She studied creative writing at Seoul Institute of the Arts, and graduated from Hanyang University with a B.A. in journ ...

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* Gong Ji-young * Gong Sun-ok *

Gu Hyo-seo Gu Hyoseo is a Korean author. Life Gu Hyo-seo was born in Incheon, South Korea, in 1958. Gu began his literary career in 1987 with the publication of his short story, "Madi" in the JoongAng Ilbo. Since then, Gu has published over twenty novel ...

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* Ha Geun-chan * Ha Seong-nan * Hailji * Han Chang-hun * Han Kang * Hyun Kil-Un * Han Mahlsook *

Han Moo-sook Han Moo-sook (1918-1993) () was a South Korean writer. Her name may also be rendered in English as "Han Musuk", "Han Moo-suk", "Han Musook", "Mu-suk Han" or "Han Mu-suk". Life Han Moo-sook was born October 25, 1918 in Seoul and graduated from ...

Han Sorya Han Sorya ( ko, 한설야, born Han Pyŏngdo; 3 August 1900 – 6 April 1976) was a Korean writer, literary administrator and politician who spent much of his career in North Korea. Regarded as one of the most important fiction writers in Nort ...

Han Su-san Han Soosan (born 1946) () is a South Korean writer. Early years Born on November 13, 1946 in Inje, Gangwan-do, Han Soosan graduated from Chuncheon High School and initially went to college at the Chuncheon College of Education in 1965, from ...

* Heo Gyun *

Hong Sung-won Hong Sung-won was a Korean author Life Hong Sung-won was born in 1937, in Hapcheon County Hapcheon County (''Hapcheon-gun'') is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Located in northwest ...

Hwang Suk-young Hwang Sok-yong (born January 4, 1943) is a South Korean novelist. Life Hwang was born in Hsinking (today Changchun), Manchukuo, during the period of Japanese rule. His family returned to Korea after liberation in 1945. He later obtained a ...

* Hwang Sun-mi *

Hwang Sun-won Hwang Sun-wŏn (March 26, 1915 – September 14, 2000) was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet."황순원" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Hwang was born while Korea was under Japanese colonial ...

* Hyun Jin-geon

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Im Chul-woo Lim Chul-Woo (Hangul: 임철우) is a South Korean writer born in 1954, known for his subversive works. Life Im Chul-woo was born October 15, 1954, on Wando Island in Jeollanam-do. He moved to Gwangju at age 10 and attended Sung-il High School ...

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* Jang Eun-jin * Jang Jeong-il * Jeon Gyeong-rin *

Jeon Sang-guk Jeon Sang-guk (Hangul: 전상국) is a South Korean writer known for his masculine writing style. Life Jeon Sang-guk was born March 24, 1940, in Gangwon-do, Korea. Jeon graduated from Kyunghee University with a B.A. and M.A. in Korean liter ...

* Jeong Do-sang * Jo Jung-rae * Jo Kyung-ran * Jung Eun-gwol * Jung Ihyun *

Jung Hansuk Jung Hansuk (; November 3, 1922 – 1997) was a South Korean writer and critic."Jung Hansuk" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Jung Hansuk was born on November 3, 1922 in Y ...

Jung Mi-kyung Jung Mi-Kyung (; 4 February 1960 – 18 January 2017) was a modern South Korean novelist.”Jung Mi-Kyung" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Jung Mi-Kyung was born on Febr ...

Jung Young-moon Jung Young Moon (; born 1965) is a South Korean writer. Biography Jung Young Moon was born in Hamyang, South Gyeongsang Province in 1965. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in psychology. His literary début was in 1996 ...

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* Kang Kyeong-ae * Kang Sok-Kyong * Kang Younghill * Kang Young-sook * Kim Ae-ran *

Kim Byeol-ah Kim Byeol-ah (born 1969) is a South Korean writer. Life Kim Byeol-ah hails from the coastal town of Gangneung in Gangweon Province. She began her career as a writer in 1993. During the ten years that followed, she did not emerge as a major fi ...

Kim Chae-won Kim Chae-won (; born August 1, 2000), is a South Korean singer. She is the leader of South Korean girl group Le Sserafim. She is also a former member of the reality competition series ''Produce 48's'' resulting girl group Iz*One in 2018. Ear ...

* Kim Chi-won *

Kim Dong-in Kim Dong-in () (1900–1951) was a Korean writer. Life Kim Dong-in, born on October 2, 1900 in Pyeongyang, Pyeongannam-do was a pioneer of realism and naturalism in Modern Korean literature. A son of a wealthy landowner, like many other youn ...

* Kim Dong-ni *

Kim Gu-yong Kim Gu-yong (; February 5, 1922 – December 28, 2001), pen name Kim Kku, was a poet and calligrapher living in what is now South Korea. His poetry showed the spirit of Taoism but also reflected Buddhism. He was a graduate of Seongkyungwan U ...

* Kim Gyeong Uk *

Kim Haki Kim Haki () is a modern South Korean writer and ex political-prisoner. Life Kim Haki was born on June 24, 1958 in Ulsan, Gyeongsangnam-do South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southe ...

Kim In-suk Kim Insuk () is a South Korean writer. Life Kim Insuk was born in 1963 in Seoul. She suffered the death of her father when she was five years old. She spent her childhood under the mother of a hostess. She graduated from Jinmyeong Girls' Hig ...

* Kim Jae-Young * Kim Jeong-hwan *

Kim Ju-yeong Kim Joo-young (born December 7, 1939) is a South Korean writer of historical fiction. Life Kim was born on December 7, 1939 in Cheongsong, Gyeongsangbuk-do at the height of the Japanese occupation, and as a child experienced Korean liberati ...

Kim Mi-wol Kim Mi-wol is a multiply awarded modern writer of fiction born in Gangneung, South Korea. Life Kim Mi-wol was born in 1977 in Gangneung in the Gangwon province of South Korea. Her father was a public servant and so she moved, along with his ...

* Kim Moon-soo (novelist) *

Kim Myeong-sun Kim Myeong-sun ( ko, 김명순, Hanja: 金明淳) (20 January 1896 – 22 June 1951) was a female Korean novelist and poet of the early 20th century. Life Kim Myeong-sun, who wrote under the pen names Tansil (탄실, 彈實) and Mangyangcho ( ...

Kim Ryeo-ryeong Kim Ryeo-ryeong (; born 1971) is a South Korean writer."김채원 " biographical PDF available at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Kim Ryeo-ryeong was born in Seoul in 1971, and grew up in Seoul at her maternal grandmother's house, an ...

Kim Tak-hwan Kim Takhwan (born October 27, 1968) is a South Korean novelist and literary critic. He left the security of a tenured professorship to focus on his writing career. Work Almost all of Kim's novels take place in the mid to late Joseon Dynasty ...

Kim Yeon-su Kim Yeonsu (The romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea) (; born 1970) is a South Korean writer. Life Kim Yeonsu was born in Kimcheon, Kyeongsangbuk-do in 1970. He graduated with a degree in English literature from Sungkyu ...

Kim Yoo-jung Kim Yoo-jung (; born September 22, 1999) is a South Korean actress. She debuted as a model for a confectionery brand at the age of four. After her acting debut in 2003, she became one of the best known child actresses in Korea since then, aft ...

* Kim Seong-dong * Kim Seung-ok * Kim Won-il *

Kim Wonu Kim Wonu (Hangul: 김원우) is a modern South Korean novelist. Life Kim Wonu was born on April 11, 1947, with sources unclear on Gimhae Gyeongsangnam-do or Jinju Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea. Kim attended Gyeongbuk University from which he receive ...

Kim Yeong-hyeon Kim Yeong-hyeon (The romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea) is a modern Korean poet, novelist and publisher. Personal life Like many intellectuals of the time, Kim was the target of oppression during the 30 years of di ...

Kim Yong-ik Kim Yong-ik (May 15, 1920 – April 11, 1995), also known as Yong Ik Kim, was an early Korean–American writer originally from Tongyeong, Korea. His works were primarily in English but also translated into other languages such as German and ...

* Kim Yong-man *

Kim Young-ha Young-ha Kim(c. November 11, 1968) is a modern South Korean writer. Life Kim was born in Hwacheon on November 11, 1968. He moved from place to place as a child, since his father was in the military. As a child, he suffered from gas poisoning ...

Kwon Jeong Saeng Kwon Jeong Saeng (September 10, 1937 – May 17, 2007) (Hangul: ) was a South Korean writer. Life Kwon Jeong Saeng was born Kwon Gyeongsu in Tokyo, Japan in 1937. Shortly after the Liberation in 1946, he returned to Korea. Because he was extr ...

Kwon Yeo-sun Kwon Yeo-sun (born 1965) is a South Korean writer. Life Kwon Yeo-sun was born in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea in 1965. Kwon enjoyed a brilliant literary debut in 1996 when her novel ''Niche of Green'' was awarded the Sangsan ...

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* Lee Dong-ha * Lee Ho-cheol * Lee Hyo-seok *

Lee In-hwa Yi In-hwa (; born January 5, 1966) is a South Korean writer, literary critic and professor."Yi In-hwa (이인화)" at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Yi was born Lyou Chul-gyun in Daegu in 1966. When young, he was inspired by his father, a ...

* Lee Jangwook *

Lee Ki-ho (author) Lee Ki-ho (the author's preferred Romanization per LTI Korea) is a South Korean writer. Life Lee Ki-ho was born in Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea, in 1972. Lee Ki-ho debuted when his short story “Birney” won the monthly Modern Lite ...

Lee Kyun-young Yi Gyun-yeong (1951-1996) was a South Korean writer. Life Yi Gyun-yeong was born in 1951 in Jeollanam-do. He graduated from Hanyang University and later worked as a Professor of Korean History at Dongduk Women's University. Yi won the Yi Sa ...

* Lee Mankyo *

Lee Mun Ku Lee Mun Ku (Hangul: 이문구) was a South Korean novelist."LEE MUN KU" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Lee Mun Ku was born in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, South ...

* Lee Oyoung * Lee Seung-u * Lee Soon-won * Lee Yun-gi *

Lee Ze-ha Lee Ze-ha (his preferred romanization per LTI Korea; Hangul: ) is a South Korean writer, poet and painter.”Lee Ze-ha" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Lee Ze-ha was born ...

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* Na Hye-sok *

Nam Jung-hyun Nam Jung-hyun (Hangul: 남정현) is a South Korean writer who often clashed with the Korean government. Life Nam Jung-hyun was born December 13, 1933 in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea.(충청남도 서산) He was the first son in a family ...

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Oh Jung-hee O Jeonghui (born November 9, 1947) () is a South Korean writer. Life O Jeonghui was born in Seoul, South Korea on November 9, 1947. She attended the Sorabol Art College from which she received her B.A. in creative writing in 1968. O Jeonghui ...

Oh Sangwon Oh Sangwon (Hangul: 오상원) was a South Korean writer and journalist."Oh Sangwon" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Oh Sangwon was born on November 5, 1930, in Seoncheon, Pyeonganbuk-do, Korea. Oh gradu ...

Oh Soo-yeon (author) Oh Soo-yeon (Hangul: 오수연) is a modern South Korean writer. Life Oh Soo-yeon was born in 1964 in Korea and began her literary career in 1994 with National Holiday in the Land of Dwarves which portrays the lives of two college friends Min-c ...

* Oh Young-su

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* Paik Gahuim * Park Beom-shin * Park Chong-hwa *

Park Hyoung-su Park Hyoung-su (born August 11, 1972) is a male South Korean writer of fiction born in Chuncheon, Gangwan-do, South Korea.Naver 인물검색박형서 Accessed 29. Aug 2014 (korean). His short story Krabi, named after the Thai district, has been p ...

Park Kyung-ni Pak, Kyongni or Bak, Kyoungli (December 2, 1926 – May 5, 2008) was a prominent South Korean novelist. She was born in Tōei, Keishōnan-dō, Chōsen (today Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea); later she lived in Wonju, Gang ...

* Park Min-gyu *

Park Sang-ryung Park Sang-ryoong (August 26, 1940 to July 1, 2017) is a South Korean novelist and short story writer. His most famous work is ''A Study of Death'' (1975), a novel which describes forty days leading to the death of an unnamed monk. He refers to ...

Park Taesun Park Taesun (Hangul: 박태순) (May 8, 1942 – August 30, 2019 ) was a South Korean writer.”Park Taesun" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Park Taesun was born May 8, 1942, in Sinchon, Hwanghae-do, Kor ...

* Park Taewon * Park Wan-suh *

Park Yeonghan ''Park Yeonghan'' (Hangul: 박영한) was a South Korean writer. Life Park Yeonghan was born September 14, 1947, in Busan, Korea. Park graduated with a degree in Korean Literature from Yonsei University in Seoul. Park applied to the Law S ...

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Seo Hajin Seo Hajin (Hangul: 서하진), born in 1960, is a South Korean writer. Life So Hajin was born in 1960, in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province in Korea. Seo, whose given name is Seo Deoksun, writes under the pen name of Seo Hajin. Her father h ...

Seo Jeong-in Seo Jeong-in (; born December 20, 1936) is a South Korean writer."서정인" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Seo Jeong-in was born December 20, 1936, in Suncheon, Jeollanam ...

* Shin Kyung-sook *

Sim Yunkyung Sim Yunkung (Hangul: 심윤경) is a South Korean writer. Life Sim Yunkung was born in 1972 in Seoul, Korea. Sim Yungyeong majored in molecular biology at Seoul National University and went on to complete her graduate studies there. Sim also ...

So Young-en Seo Yeong-eun (Korean: 서영은; born May 18, 1943) is a South Korean writer. Life Born in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, Seo graduated from Gangneung Teacher Training School in 1961 and entered Konkuk University in 1963 to study English Language and ...

Son Bo-mi Son Bo-mi is a multiply awarded modern South Korean writer of fiction born in Seoul, South Korea. Life Son was born in Seoul, South Korea. Son made her literary debut int 2009 with Silence and she currently teaches creative writings at Kyeongh ...

* Song Gisuk * Song Giwon *

Song Sokze Song Sokze (This is the author's preferred Romanization per LTI Korea, or Hangul: 성석제) is a South Korean writer, poet and painter. Life Song was born on July 5, 1960, in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. He studied law at Yonsei Univers ...

Song Soo-Kwon Song Sugwon, also Song Soo-Kwon (, March 15, 1940 – April 4, 2016), was a modern South Korean writer. Life Song Sugwon was born on March 15, 1940, in Goheung County, South Jeolla Province. Song attended Suncheon Normal School and Goheung Ju ...

* Song Yeong

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Yang Gui-ja Yang Gwija (born 1955) () is a South Korean writer. Life Yang Gwija was born July 1, 1955, in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do and graduated from Wonkwang University in 1978 with a degree in Korean Literature. She later moved to Seoul after her marriage i ...

* Yi Chong-jun *

Yi Kwang-su Yi Gwangsu (; 1892–1950) was a Korean writer and poet, and a notable Korean independence and nationalist activist until his later turn towards collaboration with the Japanese. His pen names were Chunwon and Goju. Yi is best known for his nove ...

Yi Kyoung-Ja Yi Kyoung-ja (Hangul: 이경자) is a South Korean author whose work focuses on the position of women in Korean society. Life 1948년 1월 28일 (강원도 양양) YI Kyoung-ja was born on January 28, 1948, in Yangyang, Gangwan-do, Korea. Yang ...

Yi In-Seong Yi In-seong ( Hangul: 이인성, hanja: 李仁星) is a South Korean modern novelist. Life Yi In-seong (this is the author's preferred Romanization, via LTI Korea) was born on December 9, 1953 in Chinhae Kyongsangnam-do, in Korea. His fathe ...

* Yi Mun-yol *

Yi Sang Kim Hae-Gyeong ( hangul: 김해경, hanja: 金海卿, September 23, 1910 – April 17, 1937), also known as his pen name Yi Sang ( hangul: 이상, hanja: 李箱) was a writer and poet who lived in Korea under Japanese rule. He is well-known ...

Yom Sang-seop Yeom Sang-seop () (1897–1963) was a South Korean novelist and freedom fighter. He was an early pioneer of modern narrative in Korea and a "writer of the period of dissatisfaction". In this role, he was one of the first naturalistic and real ...

* Yoo Jae-yong *

Yu Haeon-jong Yoo Hyeonjong is a South Korean novelist whose works of dramatic historical fiction are well known in his native country. Life A native of Jeonju, the capital of Jeollabuk-do province, Yoo was born into a family of the Gangneung Yu lineage ( ...

* Yun Dae-nyeong *

Yun Heung-gil Yun Heunggil (born 14 December 1942) is a South Korean novelist known for his treatment of conflicts between the individual and society. He received his degree in Korean literature from Wonkwang University in 1973. In 1977 he won the Korean ...

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