Chang Kang-myoung
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Chang Kang-myoung is a South Korean writer. He was born in 1975 in Seoul. He graduated from Yonsei University in urban engineering and worked in a construction company, which he quit. Then he entered Dong-A Daily and worked as a reporter for 11 years. He began his career as a writer when he was awarded the Hankyoreh Literary Award for his novel The Bleached (표백) in 2011. He received the Surim Literary Award in 2014 for his novel Yeolgwanggeumji, ebarodeu (열광금지, 에바로드, No Enthusiasm, Eva Road); he received the Jeju 4·3 Peace Prize for his novel Daetgeulbudae(댓글부대 The Comments Army) in 2015; and he received the Munhakdongne Writer Award for Geumeum, ttoneun dangsini segyereul gieokhaneun bangsik(그믐, 또는 당신이 세계를 기억하는 방식 Waning Crescent, or the Way You Remember the World). He has also written novels Homodominanseu (호모도미난스 Homodominance),Hanguki sileoseo (한국이 싫어서 Because I Don’t Like Korea), and a short story collectionLumière People (뤼미에르 피플). He received the ‘Today’s Writer Award’ in 2016 for Daetgeulbudae (댓글부대 The Comments Army).
