Ma Kwang-soo
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 마광수 |
| Hanja | 馬光洙 |
|
Revised Romanization |
Ma Gwang-su |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Ma Kwangsu |
Ma Kwang-soo (born April 14, 1951 in Seoul , South Korea ; † September 5, 2017 there ) was a South Korean writer and university professor.
Ma was a professor of Korean literature at Yonsei University . He also wrote erotic literature and represented erotic fiction as a genre in South Korea. In 1995 he was jailed for his book Happy Sara , which was classified as pornographic by the Supreme Court . The book must not be made accessible to young people. Ma published it on his blog anyway and was fined 2 million won for it in 2007 . After plagiarizing his students' work , he was suspended from his university. In June 2007, Yonsei University announced that Ma would be allowed to teach again for the next semester.
Ma Kwang-soo died in September 2017 at the age of 66; the police believe Ma killed himself .
Web links
- Personal website (Korean)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Novelist Ma Kwang-soo found dead , koreaherald.com, September 5, 2017, accessed on September 8, 2017.
- ^ Recent books: Imaginative Play . The Korea Times, October 25, 2013.
- ↑ Prof. Ma Kwang-soo Resumes Teaching Career . The Korea Times, June 11, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ma, Kwang-soo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 마광수 (Hangeul); 馬光洙 (Hanja); Ma, Gwang-su (Revised Romanization); Ma, Kwangsu (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean writer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 2017 |
| Place of death | Seoul , South Korea |