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Hyun Ki-young

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Born 1941 · South Korea

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    Daesan 2023 · Winner

    제주도우다

    Jejudouda

    Title translated by AI:“This Is Jeju”

    Hyun Ki-young · 82 when first published

    Novel · Historical, War, Politics

    AI-generated summary:In Jocheon, a Jeju seaside village long known for defying rulers from the mainland, a boy grows from eleven to sixteen between the last years of Japanese rule and the massacres of 1948, told as an old survivor's memories.