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Han Su-san

韓水山　/　はん・すさん

Writer from South Korea

November 13, 1946 (age 79)　・　Inje County, Gangwon Province, South Korea

Gangwon Province
writer
poet
novelist

My Take

Han Soosan is the kind of writer I instinctively trust: born in 1946 in the mountainous Inje County of Gangwon, he built a full literary life as poet, novelist, scholar, and teacher. Winning the Writer of the Year Award back in 1977 tells me his voice was sharp early. There is no flashy data here, and that is precisely the appeal, half a century of patient sentences sitting quietly behind a sparse profile. I am drawn to careers measured in pages rather than headlines, and I would genuinely like to read his work in translation. Quiet endurance in literature deserves far more attention.

Overview

Han Soosan (born 1946) (Korean: 한수산) is a South Korean writer.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Han Su-san
Name (Japanese): 韓水山
Reading: はん・すさん
Born: November 13, 1946 (age 79)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Dog
Origin: Inje County, Gangwon Province, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / poet / novelist / literary scholar / university teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Chunchon High School
University: Kyung Hee University

Awards & achievements

1977 Writer of the Year Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%93%E6%B0%B4%E5%B1%B1

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