[2] At the age of 28 he traveled to the United States to study English literature at Florida Southern College.
[3] He then studied at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, where he earned an MA in English literature.
[6] Im Bok Kim also edited many of his works (both in English and in Korean), in spite of not being credited, although she was referenced later in an interview with the author.
[7] He had written nonfiction, novels, essays, and collections of short stories.
[8] His stories have been published in Atlantic Monthly, The Hudson Review, Harper's Bazaar, and The New Yorker.