One of the primary themes in Jo Jeong-rae`s work, concern regarding the socio-economic roots of the division of Korea and the search for Korean reunification, is also present in his other, shorter works of fiction, such as `Han geu geuneurui jari` (한 그 그늘의 자리 Sorrow, That Shaded Place), `Yuhyeongui ttang` (유형의 땅 Land of Exile), `Inganui gyedan` (인간의 계단 Human Stairs), and `Baktoui hon` (박토의 혼 The Soul of a Barren Land). Many of his earlier works, however, such as `Cheongsandaek` (청산댁 A Woman from Cheongsan), `Pongnyeok gyosa` (폭력 교사 The Violent Instructor), `Bitaljin eumji` (비탈진 음지 The Shaded Slope), `Cheondongseol sidae` (천동설 시대 The Age of Geocentrism), and `Ibangjidae` (이방지대 Foreign Land), tend to reconstruct stories of traditional rustic life, targeting and satirizing the various absurdities of life in a much more general fashion.

Hwang Sun-Won (March 26, 1915 – September 14, 2000) was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet.

유재수는 한국의 동화작가다. 대학교를 졸업한 후 탁아운동단체 `해송`에서 활동하며 어린이 문학에 관심을 가졌다. 작품으로 《백두산 이야기》, 《자장자장 엄마 품에》, 《눈사람이 된 풍선》, 《돌이와 장수매》 등이 있다. 특히 2002년에 출간된 그림책 《노란 우산》은 2002년 ‘뉴욕타임스 올해의 우수 그림책’으로 선정되었다.

Kim Junghyuk (born 1971) is a Korean author.

Oh Han-ki, along with Jeong Jidon and Lee Sangwoo, is a member of the group ‘Analrealism ’, which is shocking the Korean literary circle in the 2010s. ‘Analrealism’, is a parody of ‘intestinal realism’ from The Savage Detectives by the Chilean writer Robert Bolaño, who wanted to attack the existing literary circle, and to jeer at the conventional order. Such details and processes are well depicted in an interview with Jeong Jidon. “In the summer of 2012, I created the analrealism group with Oh Han-ki. During the call, when I said that I wanted to start analrealism, Oh Han-ki rolled on the floor with laughter, his phone still in his hand. Analrealism is a parody of intestinal realism from The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño).” However, it’s still too early to tell how the members of ‘analrealism’, in other words the ‘analrealists’, have attacked and criticized established Korean literature. They have succeeded in drawing attention from readers and literary critics due to their strange name, but it is hard to say that their works have become the new mainstream or critical methods for Korean literature. They are still writers who are developing in their careers.