Yi Cheong-jun

Yi Cheong-jun

personal-info

known-for

Writing

gender

Male

birthday

1939-08-09

place-of-birth

Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, Korea, Empire of Japan

also-known-as

Lee Chung-joon
Lee Cheong-joon
李淸俊
Yi Chong-jun
Lee Chong-jun

biography

Yi Cheong-jun was a prominent South Korean novelist. Throughout his four decade-long career, Lee wrote more than 100 short stories and 13 novels. He died from lung cancer at the age of 68 on July 31, 2008.