Kim Songhan
김성한
Kim Seong-han (1919-2010) was a South Korean novelist. He debuted in 1950 when his short story “Mumyeongno” (무명로 Lightless Road) won a contest hosted by the daily Seoul sinmun. Through his work, Kim sought to criticize the problems of human society that were beyond time, and from the 1960s, he focused on fictionalizing Korean history. Along with Son Chang-sop and Chang Yong-hak, he was regarded as a writer who led the Korean literary scene in the 1950s.
•Short story collection Amyahaeng (암야행) (1951)
•Short story “Ohbungan” (오 분 간 In Five Minutes) (1957)
•Novel Yi Seong-gye (이성계 Yi Seong-gye) (1979)
