Moon Ik-hwan

Moon Ik-hwan
Moon Ik-hwan
Hangul 문익환
Hanja 文益換
Revised Romanization Mun Ik-hwan
McCuneReischauer Mun Ik-hwan

Moon Ik-hwan (June 2, 1918January 18, 1994) was a South Korean pastor, theologist, poet and activist engaged in various social movements. He was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for his achievement in 1992.[1] He was also the father of Moon Sung-keun, a noted actor in South Korea.[2][3]

Early life and education

He was born as the first son of the Reverend, Moon Jae-rin and mother, Shin Sin-muk . He had two brothers and two sisters. He was raised in Bukgando where Korean independence movement was centered. After finishing up education at Myeongdong Elementary school and Eunjin Middle school that ethnic Koreans established, Moon went to Sungsil Middle School in Pyongyang, and then Yongjeong Gwangmyeong School in Bukgando. Although Moon Ik-hwan entered Tokyo Union Theological Seminary in Japan, he was dismissed from the school because of his refusal to enlist himself to Japanese army. He then transferred to Bongcheon Seminary (봉천신학교) in Manchuria and served as a preacher at a Korean church. In 1947, he graduated Hansin University and received the imposition of hands. After he earned his master degree from Princeton University in the United States, he returned to South Korea and began to lecture the Old Testament at Yonsei University and Hansin University.[1]

Career

Moon worked as the main chief for the translation on the Old Testament by a joint collaboration of the Protestant and Catholic church in South Korea for 8 years. In 1976, he was imprisoned for (3·1민주구국선언).[1] According to the New York Times:

Moon was jailed five times, for a total of 10 years, for dissident activities. In the spring of 1993 he was released early from a five-year sentence for making an unapproved visit to North Korea, where he spoke with leaders about the possibility of unification, in 1989. South Korean law bars contacts with Communists without prior approval.[4]

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