Song Gisuk (Hangul: 송기숙; 5 July 1935 – 5 December 2021[1]) was a South Korean writer of novels, short stories, and essay.
[2] Song Gisuk was born on 5 July 1935 in Changhung, Jeollanam-do, Korea.
[4] Song worked as a professor at Chonnam National University and was arrested for writing the Declaration of the Democratization of Education.
In 1980 Song was arrested again for being involved in the 18 May Gwangju Uprising, and released the following year.
[5] The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarizes Song's contributions to Korean literature: Novels Short Stories Essays