forces, and from 1950 to 1954, he served in the South Korean military. As North Korean forces moved south across the border, the United Nations first condemned the action, then called on member nations to provide the Republic of Korea with military assistance, and organized those forces under American command.

Kim had just begun studying at Seoul National University when hostilities started. He also wrote several other novels depicting life in Korea in the twentieth century.īorn in 1932 in Hamhung, North Korea, Kim’s whole family fled to South Korea right before the outbreak of the Korean War. His novel The Martyred (1964) was a very widely read and highly acclaimed book about the Korean War (1950-1953). Richard Kim, 1963 photo taken for “The Martyred” book cover, Richard Kim, (Accessed March 19, 2013)īoston in the 1960s was briefly home to the famous Korean-American writer, Richard Eun Kook Kim.

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The Martyred by Richard E. Kim