Myeong-kwan Cheon
Cheon Myeong-kwan is a South Korean novelist, screenwriter and director whose work has been translated into eight languages.
Upon publication of the author’s first story, Frank and I (2003), he received the prestigious Munhakdongne New Writer Award. Cheon’s debut novel, Whale, was published the following year. It won the 10th Munhakdongne Novel Award and has become one of the most loved novels in South Korea, where it is regarded as a modern classic.
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* Cheon Myeong-Kwan
* 천명관 (Korean Profile)
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