Kim Jin-kyung

Kim Jin-kyung (김진경; born 1953) is a South Korean author of children's and young adult literature. He started writing books for children in 1997, and is considered a pioneer of Korean fantasy. His best-known work is Cat School, the first Korean fantasy series for children. The series is vast, comprising 11 volumes in 3 parts, and won Le Prix des Incorruptibles in 2006. His books build on motifs derived from myths and fairy tales. He also tackles sensitive social issues such as education and human rights in his works of fantasy. He was nominated as the Korean candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014.

Life Kim Jin-kyung was born in Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, in 1953. The Shadow Wars series was simultaneously published in France and Korea. He was nominated as the Korean candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014.

Awards

2014 Korean candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2006 Winner of the Le Prix des Incorruptibles, a French children's literature award - Cat School Series 2004 Korea Children's Book Award for Mirror Wars 1974 Newcomer of the Year in Poetry, Korean Literature

Works

2012 Viewing the World Through Myths with Kim Jin-kyung: Changing the Way We Think (Jaeum & Moeum) 2011 Shadow Wars 3 (Munhakdongne) 2011 Shadow Wars 2 (Munhakdongne) 2011 Shadow Wars 1 (Munhakdongne) 2009 Our Beautiful Country (Munhakdongne) 2008 Goodbye Mr. Hapless (Munhakdongne) 2005 Rebellion from the Future: Essays on Education by Kim Jin-kyung (Prunsoop) 2004 Hours of the Earth (Poems by Kim Jin-kyung) (Silcheon Munhak) 2001 The Children of Galmunri (Poems by Kim Jin-kyung) (Munhakdongne) 2000 The Power of Sorrow: Poems by Kim Jin-kyung (Munhakdongne) 1998 The Story of the Ginkgo Tree (Munhakdongne) 1998 The Wolf (Silcheon Munhak) 1996 Sleeping in the Starlight (Poems by Kim Jin-kyung) (Changbi) 1988 To the Magpie Who Believes Itself to be a Pigeon (Purunnamu) 1987 A Jesus for Our Times (Silcheon Munhak)

Collaborations with other Writer and Illustrator

2016 The Witch of Blonew Forest 2 – Cat School Paris episode with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2016 LA SORCIERE ET LE JARDIN SECRET 2 (Pilippe picquier, France) 2016 The Witch of Blonew Forest 1 – Cat School Paris episode with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2016 LA SORCIERE ET LE JARDIN SECRET 1 (Pilippe picquier, France) 2015 Sorry, Grandpa (ThinkRoad) 2014 Talking to Ghosts (Proposal for a New Educational Ecosystem) (Munhakdongne) 2014 The Secret of Angkor Wat 3 - Cat School The World episode with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2015 ECOLE DES CHATS A ANGKOR 3 - L'AME DE CRISTAL (Pilippe picquier, France) 2013 The Secret of Angkor Wat 2 - Cat School The World episode with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2015 ECOLE DES CHATS A ANGKOR 2 - LES CLONES D'APOPHIS (Pilippe picquier, France) 2013 The Secret of Angkor Wat 1 - Cat School The World episode with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2015 ECOLE DES CHATS A ANGKOR 1 - LE SECRET D'ANGKOR (Pilippe picquier, France) 2011 A Bowl of Rice at a Buddhist Temple (Ttran) 2010 Conversations With Titans of Literature (JoongAng Books) 2007 Cat School 2 vol.3 - White Starfish with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2008 NOUVELLES AVENTURES DE L'ECOLE DES CHATS 3 - BULGASSARI (Pilippe picquier, France) 2007 Cat School 2 vol.2 - The Secret of the Golden Crown with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2008 NOUVELLES AVENTURES DE L'ECOLE DES CHATS 2 - SECRET DE LA (Pilippe picquier, France) 2007 Cat School 2 vol.1 - The guardian of the sun's sword with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2007 NOUVELLES AVENTURES DE L'ECOLE DES CHATS 1 – DEFENSEURS (Pilippe picquier, France) 2007 Landscape with a Bicycle (Morning Dew) 2003 Mirror Wars (Munhakdongne) with Kim Jae-hong 2010 DERNIERES AVENTURES DE L'ECOLE DES CHATS 3 – PLAINE (Pilippe picquier, France) 2009 DERNIERES AVENTURES DE L'ECOLE DES CHATS 2 – PIERRES (Pilippe picquier, France) 2009 DERNIERES AVENTURES DE L'ECOLE DES CHATS 1 – MIROIR (Pilippe picquier, France) 2002 Cat School 5 - Mountain of the Soul with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2006 L'ECOLE DES CHATS 5 - MONTAGNE DES AMES (Pilippe picquier, France) 2001 Cat School 4 - I'll be in your eyes with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2006 L'ECOLE DES CHATS 4 - JE TE SAUVERAI DES TENEBRES (Pilippe picquier, France) 2001 Cat School 3 - Prophecy Started with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2001 Cat School 2 - Magical Gift with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2001 Cat School 1 - The Secret of the Crystal Cave with Kim Jae-hong (Munhakdongne) 2006 L'ECOLE DES CHATS - VOLUMES 1, 2 ET 3 (Pilippe picquier, France) 2000 The Carpenters’ War (Munhakdongne) – Illustrated by Choi Dalsoo