Kim Nae-seong

Who was Kim Nae-seong?

Kim Nae-seong was a Korean author. Was born from P'yongyang and graduated the German literature course in Waseda University. "The Demon Man" in 1939 Chosun Ilbo to announce and made a debut in literary world. "The White Mask" and "The Pearl Tower" announced the detective novel of the chain which changes other foreign nation detective novels and became detective novelist. From 1949 for at 4 years extended and was published serially "Story of the Youth" to be his master piece, intends in the HanKook Daily News is evaluated as the work which the unity of popularity and artiness of novel. In 1957 the Kyunghyang Shinmun "The Star of Lost Paradise" while publishing serially, died from apoplexy.