Kim Sok Bom
김석범
Kim Sok Bom (1925-) is a zainichi Korean novelist. Born in Osaka, Japan, Kim relocated to Seoul immediately following Korean liberation, but soon returned to Japan, where he settled permanently and became a writer. In 1967, he published his debut work Kkamagwiui jugeum (까마귀의 죽음 Death of a Crow). A running theme in Kim’s work is the Jeju Uprising, which is the premise behind his epic series Hwasando (화산도 Volcanic Mountain), written between 1965 and 1997. Kim was awarded the Jiro Osaragi Prize in 1984 and the Mainichi Art Prize in 1988, both in Japan, and the first Jeju Uprising Peace Prize in 2015 and the first Lee Ho-cheol Literary Prize in 2017.•Novel Hwasando (화산도 Volcanic Mountain) (1965-1997)