Kim Namcheon
김남천
Kim Namcheon (1911~1953) was a Korean novelist. He graduated from Pyongyang High School. In 1929, while studying at Hosei University in Japan, he joined Korea Artista Proleta Federatio (KAPF), and went on to become a leading novelist and literary critic of social realism in the 1930s. He played a key role in the second transformation of KAPF in 1931. After the dissolution of KAPF, he introduced the theory of realism, and published self-accusatory works such as “Cheoreul ttaerigo” (처를 때리고 After Beating My Wife) (1937). His most representative works include the novel Daeha (대하 Scenes from the Enlightenment) (1939) and short stories “Maek” (맥 Pulse) (1941), and “Gyeongyeong” (경영 Management) (1940).
