Hyun Kil-un

Hyun Kil-Un (; February 17, 1940 – March 10, 2020) was a Jeju Island-based South Korean writer.

Biography Hyun Kil-Un was born on February 17, 1940, in Jeju City, Jeju Province, Korea, Empire of Japan. Hyun graduated from Jeju University and then Hanyang University's Graduate School. Hyun was a professor of Korean Language and Literature at Hanyang University.

Work Hyun's work can not be separated from his birthplace, Jeju-do, the largest island of Korea. Hyun's Jeju-do was not a vacation destination, but the land of the first mass rebellion after the Korean national division. Hyun visited and re-visited the events of the time, and the scars that they caused.

Works in translation Dead Silence and Other Stories of the Jeju massacre La Ville grise

Works in Korean (partial) Story collections The Dream of Pegasus, Biographies of Our Age (Uri Sidae Ui Yeoljeon, 1984) Rainbow Must Have Seven Colors to be Beautiful (Mujigae Neun Ilgopsaek I-eoseo Areum Dapta, 1989) At Betrayal's End (Baeban Ui Kkeut, 1993) Novels Woman's River (Yeoja Ui Gang, 1992) A Gray City (Hoesaek Dosi, 1993) Halla Mountain (Hallasan, 1994) Critical studies Analytical Understanding of Korean Novels and Theory and Practice: Fictional Works of Hyeon Jingeon

Awards 1985 Nogwon Literary Prize 1990 Contemporary Literature Prize 1992 Republic of Korea Literary Honor