Kim Eun-jung (born 1972), also spelled Kim Eun-joong, is a South Korean children's books writer.
Career
Kim was born in
Paju
Paju (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Paju was made a city in 1997; it had previously been a county (''gun'').
The city area of Paju is ,"Paju (Gyeonggi-do Province)." ''Naver Encyclopedi ...
,
Gyeonggi Province
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Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...
in 1972. She won the Kim Man-jung Literary Prize in 2010 for her story ''The King of Thieves Welcomes a Thief''. The following year, she won the 9th Pureun Literary Prize for her story ''Magic Trick'', which was later published in the collection ''My Childish Father'' alongside contributions from fellow children's writers Shin Hye-young, Ha Eun-yu, and Kim Sun-young.
Kim's next book, released in December 2011, was about a young protagonist Daepungi and his efforts to earn enough money to buy a
video game console
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, and the conflict with his mother that results. The following year she released another novel aimed at pre-teens, ''The Day He Didn't Want To Write a Book Report'', which was reviewed by the ''
Busan Ilbo
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Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seou ...
''. Her most recent book, ''Special Mission! Let's Protect Ieodo'', discusses the marine research station on the disputed island of
Ieodo and encourages the young readers to take an interest in it.
Works
Note: English titles are unofficial translations only
*''The King of Thieves Welcomes a Thief''
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*''What Day Is It?''
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*''The Great Devil King Kang Yu-ri''
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*''Magic Trick''
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*''The White Monster Goes Thud-Thud-Thud''
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*''Give Me My Money''
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*''The Day He Didn't Want to Write a Book Report''
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*''Special Mission! Let's Protect Ieodo''
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References
External links
Works by Kim Eun-jungin the
National Library of Korea
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catalogue
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1972 births
Living people
South Korean women children's writers
People from Paju
South Korean writers
21st-century South Korean women writers
21st-century South Korean writers