Kim Il-yeop
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| Kim Il-yeop | |
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| Hangeul | 김일엽 |
| Hanja | 金 一葉 |
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Revised Romanization |
Gim Il-yeop |
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McCune- Reischauer |
Kim Ilyŏp |
| real name | |
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| Hangeul | 김원주 |
| Hanja | 金元 周 |
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Revised Romanization |
Gim Won-ju |
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McCune- Reischauer |
Kim Wŏnchu |
Kim Il-yeop (born April 28, 1896 , † February 1, 1971 ) was a Korean writer, poet, journalist and South Korean Buddhist nun. She was an early Korean feminist and a supporter of the Free Love Movement. Her real name was Kim Won-ju and her nickname was Il-yeop .
Life
Kim lost her parents at a young age, which greatly influenced her later writing. She was unhappily married and studied at Ewha Hakdang (forerunner of Ewha Womans University ) and the Tokyo English Institute . In the 1920s she was part of the first generation of modern Korean writers. As a journalist she published articles in the Dong-a Ilbo and the Chosun Ilbo . From 1933 after her ordination as a nun she lived in the Buddhist temple Sudeoksa des Jogye Orderns until her death .
Web links
- Kim Il-yeop in Naver (Korean)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Choe Chong-dae: Buddhist now Il-yeop . Korea Times, December 22, 2010 (English).
- ↑ Revisiting the women who changed Korea with their pens ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Korea JoongAng Daily of September 24, 2012 (English).
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| SURNAME | Kim, Il-yeop |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김일엽 (Korean, Hangeul); 金 一葉 (Korean, Hanja); Gim, Il-yeop (Revised Romanization); Kim, Ilyŏp (McCune-Reischauer); Kim, Won-ju (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Korean writer, poet, journalist and South Korean Buddhist nun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1896 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st February 1971 |