Lim Heon-yong (korean: 임헌영, hanja: 任軒永, born January 15, 1941) is a South Korean author, journalist, critic, educator. His birth name is Lim Joon-nyul (임준렬).

Lim Heon-yong
Hangul
임헌영
Hanja
任軒永
Revised RomanizationYim Heon-yong
McCune–ReischauerLim Heon-yong
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Hangul
임준렬
Hanja
任俊烈
Revised RomanizationYim joon-ryul
McCune–ReischauerLim Jun-nyul

Life

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He was born in 1941 in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang, Korea. His father, Lim woo-bin, was killed by the government of South Korea in 1950. In 1965, he graduated from Chung-Ang University and in 1968 he received a master's of literature. From 1965 to 1972, he was a journalist for Pharmaceuticals News, Kyunghyangsinmun. He was an instructor at Chung-Ang University. From March 1996 to August 1998, he was Chung-Ang University Graduate School of Art's Visiting Professor and in 1998 Chung-Ang University Korean Languages Studies Professor.

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