Yi Tae Jun
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Yi Tae Jun (1904-early 1960s) was a Korean novelist. He attended Hwimun High School until his expulsion in his fourth year, after which he traveled to Japan as an international student. In 1925, he submitted his short story “Oh Mong-nyeo” (오몽녀 Oh Mong-nyeo) to Joseon Mundan and was named the winner. The same year, he made his literary debut via the Sidae Ilbo daily. Yi is known the short stories “Gamagwi” (가마귀 Crow) like and “Dalbam” (달밤 Moonlit Night), novels such as “Guwonui yeosang” (구원의 여상 The Feminine Statue of Salvation) and “Sasangui worya” (사상의 월야 Moonlit Night of Ideology), and the syntax theory text “Munjangganghwa” (문장강화 Strengthening of Sentences).
