Yeom Sang-seop
Yeom Sang-seop | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 August 1897 |
| Died | March 14, 1963 (aged 65) |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Notable works | Three Generations |
| Notable awards | Seoul City Cultural Award, Asian Liberty Literature Prize, Academy of Arts Award, Samil Culture Award |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 염상섭 |
| Hanja | 廉想涉 |
| RR | Yeom Sangseop |
| MR | Yŏm Sangsŏp |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 횡보 |
| Hanja | 橫步 |
| RR | Hoengbo |
| MR | Hoengbo |
Yeom Sang-seop (Korean: 염상섭) (1897–1963) was a South Korean novelist and freedom fighter. He was an early pioneer of modern narrative in Korea and a "writer of the period of dissatisfaction". In this role, he was one of the first naturalistic and realistic writers in Korean literature. His role in the resistance to Japanese colonialism resulted in his arrest.