# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-un-su
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:44:23.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-un-su"
name: "Kim Un-su"
slug: "kim-un-su"
description: "Kim Un-su is a South Korean writer. He studied Korean literature at Kyung Hee University, where he also completed master's level coursework. He made his literary debut in the fall of 2002 with his short story ”Easy Writing Lessons” and in 2003 went on to win the Jinju News Writing Contest with ”Danbaljang Street”. In 2006, ”Breaking up with Friday” won the Dong-a Ilbo New Writer's Contest, and his first novel The Cabinet won the 12th Munhakdongne Novel Award. His 2016 novel Hot Blood was awarded the 22nd Hahn Moo-Sook Literary Prize."
tagline: "South Korean writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kim_Un-su_2019_(P1020501).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1972"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.04
  momentum:             1.454545454545454
  historical:           7.209072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Un-su"
    title: "Kim Un-su"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%83_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Ун Су Ким"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Un-su"
    title: "Kim Un-su"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Un-su"
    title: "Kim Un-su"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Un-Su"
    title: "Kim Un-Su"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "キム・オンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%96%B8%EC%88%98"
    title: "김언수"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9E%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83"
    title: "Ким Онсу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16176335"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump