Lim Heon-yong
| Lim Heon-yong | |
| Hangul | 임헌영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 任軒永 |
| RR | Im Heonyeong |
| MR | Im Hŏnyŏng |
| Alternate name | |
| Hangul | 임준렬 |
| Hanja | 任俊烈 |
| RR | Im Junryeol |
| MR | Im Chullyŏl |
Lim Heon-yong (Korean: 임헌영; born January 15, 1941) is a South Korean author, journalist, critic, educator. His birth name is Lim Joon-nyul (임준렬).
Life
He was born in 1941 in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, Korea, Empire of Japan. His father, Lim woo-bin, was killed by the government of South Korea in 1950. In 1965, he graduated from Chung-Ang University and in 1968 he received a master's of literature. From 1965 to 1972, he was a journalist for Pharmaceuticals News, Kyunghyangsinmun. He was an instructor at Chung-Ang University. From March 1996 to August 1998, he was Chung-Ang University Graduate School of Art's Visiting Professor and in 1998 Chung-Ang University Korean Languages Studies Professor.