Kang Kyeong-ae

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Kang Kyeong-ae


Born
in Korea, Republic of
April 29, 1906

Died
April 26, 1943


강경애 (Kang Kyeong-ae) was a Korean writer, novelist and poet involved with the Feminist movement. She is also known by her penname Kang Gama.

She was a Korean writer whose stories are remarkable for their rejection of colonialism, patriarchy, and ethnic nationalism during a period when such views were truly radical and dangerous. Born in what is now North Korea, Kang wrote all her fiction in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation and witnessed the violence and daily struggles experienced by ethnic Koreans living in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Kang's riveting stories are full of sensitivity, defiance, and a deep understanding of the oppressed people she wrote about. ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 417 ratings · 85 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors
The Underground Village
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3.79 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1936 — 7 editions
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From Wonso Pond
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ملح
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Llamas rojas: Narrativa pro...
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Minyak Anjing
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인간문제
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Kadın Manzaraları - Toplu Ö...
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Le problème humain
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강경애 작품집
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Manuscript Money
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