Byoung-Yong KIM

Byoung-Yong KIM
2006 Resident
  • Asia
  • Eastern Asia
  • South Korea
Korean

Byoung-Yong KIM is the author of the novels Their Guns (1993) and Blooming Flowers (1997). He has taught literature and creative writing at several South Korean colleges and universities. In 2006 he published his latest short story collection, How Do Dogs Laugh? A prolific coordinator of literary activities and programs, he is at present the chief researcher of the Choi Myung-Hee Literary Museum, and an adjunct professor at the Jeonju National University of Education. He participates courtesy of The Arts Council Korea.

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