#Audiobook #BookNadeul #Hometown #Chuseok #Car #UsedCar #Seoul #Yangju #Alcohol #America #Friend #CEO #RubberShoes #Poverty #SongKiSuk #AncestralRites #VisitingGraves #YiSunShin #RighteousArmy #VillageChief #Money #BookTuber * About the Author Song KiSuk As a writer who has maintained the essence of realist literature with historical novels such as “Amtaedo” and “Nokdu General,” she is called “a textbook of modern and contemporary Korean history” and “a symbol of participatory intellectuals.” She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Chonnam National University’s Department of Korean Literature. She was recommended by Jo Yeon-hyeon for her critique “Son Chang-seop as Seen through the Creative Process” in “Modern Literature,” and debuted as a critic in 1965 when her critique “GeumdangByeokhwaIsangseo” was recommended in “Modern Literature.” She was a professor at Mokpo National University of Education from 1965 to 1973, and then moved to Chonnam National University in 1973. In 1978, he was arrested for violating emergency decrees with 10 Chonnam National University professors for publishing “Our Educational Index” which criticized the “National Education Charter” and served a year in prison before being dismissed from his professorship. In 1980, he witnessed the massacre by martial law troops during the Gwangju Democratization Movement and was active in the Student Discipline Committee. He was charged with sedition and served 10 months in prison. He was reinstated at the university in 1984 and in 1987, along with Kang Man-gil and Lee Young-hee, published the “Collected Materials of the May 18 Gwangju People’s Uprising” and founded the “National Professors’ Council for Democratization” in the same year, serving as its first chairman. In 1994, he served as the chairman of the “National Literature Writers’ Conference.” He retired from his professorship at Chonnam National University in 2000 and served as the representative of the Citizens’ Coalition for the General Election. In 2004, he served as the chairman of the Gwangju Cultural Center City Development Committee directly under the President. As a novelist, he began his career by publishing the short story “Daeri Bokmu” in 1966. In the 1960s, he wrote novels dealing with war and division, such as “A Certain Buffer Zone” (1968) and “The People of Baek-ui” (1969). Afterwards, he wrote “The Rain of Jaratgol” (1977–95), which portrays farmers and rural issues, and “Amtaedo” (1981), which deals with the tenant dispute of the 1920s while serving a sentence for violating emergency decrees. “Nokdu General” (1987–94), a masterpiece that covers the entire process of the Donghak Revolution, shows the consciousness and activities of the lower classes during the Donghak Revolution. “Why Does the Dog Bark?” (1983), “The Calling Sound” (1987), and “May’s Smile” (2000) are also works that interpret the gloomy social reality from a historical perspective. Other works include “Unlucky Return of Gold” (1976), “Women Returning Home” (1977), “Terrorist” (1986), “Mother’s Flag” (1984), “Blue Bird” (1988), “Eunnae-gol Journey” (1996), “The Season When Dotdom Comes” (2003), “Wild Chrysanthemums Flock” (2003), and the essay collections “When the Green Bean Flower Falls” (1985), “Between a Professor and a Prisoner” (1988), and “Village, That Beautiful Republic” (2005). He also wrote “Story of the Donghak Peasant Revolution” (1992) for teenagers and “Our Old Stories for Middle School Students” (2007). In 2002, a dictionary explaining the vocabulary in his works, “Dictionary of Song Ki-sook Novels” (written by Min Chung-hwan), was published, and “Nokdu General” was republished in 2008. Awards) He has received the Contemporary Literature Award (1972), Manhae Literature Award (1994), Geumho Art Award (1995), and Yosan Literature Award (1996). * I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Song Ki-sook Memorial Foundation and the author’s bereaved family for allowing me to read his precious works.