Joo-Young, Kim

Kim Joo-Young was born in 1939, and graduated from the Sorabol Art College majoring in creative writing, and made his literary debut with Resting Stage, which won the 1971 New Writer's Award. A leading and popular exponent of "documentary" fiction, set in meticulously researched historical periods, Kim has also served as the director of the Paradise Culture Foundation in Seoul since 2005.