Ha Ilji
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Hailji is a modern South Korean writer whose series of "Racetrack" novels created controversy in Korea.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1955 births, Living people and South Korean writers.
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- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1983
Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Im
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Gyeongju
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Poitiers
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Image
- Haïlji.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1955-05-03
- name in native language
- 임종주
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- Works in translation
- Works in Korean (partial)
- References
Hailji is a modern South Korean writer whose series of "Racetrack" novels created controversy in Korea.
==Life== Hailji was born in 1955 and graduated from Jungang University with a degree in Creative Writing. He then taught high school until 1983, when he left South Korea for France. In France he earned an M.A. from Poitiers University and a Ph.D. from University of Limoges. He returned to South Korea in 1989. His career as an author began with the publication of his controversial, The Road to Racetracks. Many of his works have been made into movies or plays. As such, Ha is also credited as an important contributor to the development of modern Korean cinema.
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