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Ma Kwang-soo

South Korean poet, novelist, and scholar (1951–2017)

  • Fame44.8
  • Momentum1.5
  • Wikipedia681
Lived 1951–2017, aged 66South Korea
South Korea flagSouth KoreaWritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    8 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1951–2017
    Aged 66
Summary
Updated 2026-07-20

Ma Kwang-soo was a South Korean poet, professor in Korean literature, novelist and essayist. He died in an apparent suicide in September 2017. For most of his life, he taught at Yonsei University. He was imprisoned for eight months, and discharged from his university for six years, for publishing 'sexually explicit' novels in 1995. His novel, Happy Sara was deemed obscene by the Supreme Court and is banned for teenagers.

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Writer / Author
Category
Writers
Country
South Korea
Last updated
2026-07-20
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    www.makwangsoo.com
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Historical8.1
Source confidence55.0
Completeness60.0
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  • Wikiquote
    website · ko.wikiquote.org
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  • ما كوانج سو
    wikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
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  • Ma Kwang-soo
    wikipedia · de.wikipedia.org
    Low confidence
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South Korea
Category
Writers
Profile type
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Status
deceased
Born
April 14, 1951
Died
September 5, 2017
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Last updated
25d ago
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