An understanding of contemporary North Korea's literature is virtually impossible without an investigation of its formative period, 1945-1960, which saw a gradual transformation from the initial Soviet era to a Korean version of national Stalinism. This turbulent epoch established a long-lasting framework for North Korean literature and set up an elaborate system of political control over literary matters, as well as over the people who served in this field.
In 1946 Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Il Sung described the country's writers as soldiers on the...
An understanding of contemporary North Korea's literature is virtually impossible without an investigation of its formative period, 1945-1960, whic...
