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Hangul
  
임헌영

Hangul
  
임준렬

Hanja
  
任軒永

Hanja
  
任俊烈


Name
  
Lim Heon-yong

McCune–Reischauer
  
Lim Heon-yong

Role
  
Author


Revised Romanization
  
Yim Heon-yong

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

Life

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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Lim Heon-yong Wikipedia