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Song Ki-won

송기원

Born 1947 · South Korea

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    Daesan 2003 · Winner

    사람의 향기

    Saramui hyanggi

    Title translated by AI:“The Scent of People”

    Song Ki-won · 56 when first published

    Short stories · 275 pages · Family, Autofiction

    AI-generated summary:Nine linked stories drawn from the author's own hard family history and the people of his home village: a half-sister dying of cancer, a blind cousin, a posthumous child, a leper's daughter who has hidden her past all her life.