Born in South Korea in 1939, has a degree in German Studies from the University of Seoul and has been a director of several learned journals between 1966 and 1972 after 35 years of his creative activity as a novelist began in 1965, said: "My writing is the search companion on the dark road at night. "Among his long career include Southern People, which contains the famous story Canto West, also included in this volume, and the novels The prophet, Linen, rumors and Paradise wall fencing, the last one on the same Publisher. Yi Chongjun prominently in modern Korean fiction, and since 1967 his work has won prestigious literary awards, including the Prix Dongin, Grand Joongang Literary Award, the Award Daesan or place XXI Century Award.