Kim Myeong-sun

Infobox Korean name
hangul=김명순
hanja=金明淳
rr=Gim Myeong-sun
mr=Kim Myŏngsun
hangulho=탄실
hanjaho=linktext|彈|實
rrho=Tansil
mrho=T'ansil

Kim Myeong-sun (b. 1896 in Pyongyang) was a female Korean novelist and poet of the early 20th century. [Lee ed. (1993) gives 1896; Lee ed. (1983) gives 1905.] She made her debut in 1917, in a magazine edited by Choe Nam-seon called "Youth" (정춘), with a novella titled "Uimun-ui sonyeo", or "Dubious girl." [Lee ed. (1983), p. 233; Lee ed. (1993), p. 123.] She became known for her keen psychological portraits, with her 1921 novella "Chilmyeonjo" ("Turkey"), which was published in the magazine "Enlightenment" (개벽). She continued publishing as late as 1925, but succumbed to mental illness thereafter. Some sources allege that her mental illness was due to a love affair. [Lee ed. (1993), p. 123.] Her year of death is not known.

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*cite book|title=새國史事典 (Sae guksa sajeon) (Encyclopedia of Korean history)|author=Lee, Hong-jik (이홍직) ed.|publisher=Gyohaksa|location=Seoul|year=1983
*cite book|title=인명국사대사전 (Inmyeong guksa sajeon)|author=Lee, Il-cheong (이일청) ed.|publisher=Goryeo Munhwasa|location=Seoul|year=1993
*cite web|url=http://kdaq.empas.com/koreandb/history/kpeople/person_view.html?n=9600|title=한국의 인물: 김명순|work=Korean DB|accessdate=2007-02-03

ee also

*Korean literature
*List of Korea-related topics
*List of Korean language poets

Persondata
NAME=Kim, Myeong-sun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=김명순, 金明淳, Tansil, 탄실, 彈實
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Korean writer
DATE OF BIRTH=1896?
PLACE OF BIRTH=Pyongyang, Korea
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=