Kim Hoon (born 1948) is a South Korean novelist, journalist and critic. Kim was born in Seoul in 1948. After graduating from Whimoon High School, Kim entered Korea University in 1966, but did not graduate due to financial difficulties. He joined the Hankook Ilbo as a journalist in 1973 and went on to write for the Sisa Ilbo, the Kookmin Ilbo, and the Hankyoreh. Kim made his debut as a novelist at the age of forty-seven, serializing Bitsalmunuitogiui chueok (빗살무늬토기의 추억 Memories of Earthenware with Comb Teeth Pattern) from 1994 to 1995 in the quarterly Munhakdongne. His second novel and winner of the prestigious Dong-in Literary Award, Karui norae (칼의 노래 Song of the Sword), was a literary sensation and elevated him into one of the most recognized names in Korean literature, selling over a million copies. Two years later in 2003, Kim's reputation as a writer was affirmed when his first published short story, Hwajang (화장 Cremation), was chosen as the winner of Yi Sang Literary Award. Kim is also the recipient of the Hwang Sun-won Literary Award for his short story Eonniui pyegyeong (언니의 폐경 My Sister’s Menopause) and the Daesan Literary Award for his novel Namhansanseong (남한산성 Fortress on Mt. Namhan). Kim worked as a journalist for 20 years before becoming a writer and is well known for refusing to use anything but a pencil when he writes: “When I write with pencils, I feel that my body is propelling the writing forward. I am incapable of writing a single line without this feeling.”[1] He is also an avid cyclist who does not have a driver's license and has written a series of essays on his bicycle travels across the south of the Korean peninsula.
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