Sasanggye (Korean: 사상계; lit. World of Thought) was a monthly South Korean leftist literary magazine which was in circulation between 1953 and 1970. It was subject to censorship several times during its run.
| Categories | Literary magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Final issue | 1970 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Based in | Seoul |
| Language | Korean |
History and profile edit
Sasanggye was started in 1953.[1] The magazine came out monthly,[2] and its headquarters was in Seoul.[3] The first issue of the magazine had a circulation of 3,000 copies.[4] Following the Korean War The Asia Foundation which was established in San Francisco, USA, in 1951 supported several South Korean publications and cultural projects, including Sasanggye.[5]
Sasanggye featured literary work by leading Korean writers. The monthly also covered political content one of which was the detailed analysis of the Political Parties Act in the 1960s.[2] It initiated a prize for Kim Dong-in, Korean writer, in 1955 four years after his death.[6] Kim Seungok published two short stories in the magazine.[7] Kim Chi-ha's poem Five Thieves was published in the magazine in 1970 which led to its confiscation.[8] Shortly after this incident Sasanggye folded in 1970.[1]
References edit
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- ^ a b Kyonghee Lee (2022). "The dawn before one-party dominance: South Korea's road to party politics under the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, 1961–1963". In Ivan Sablin; Egas Moniz Bandeira (eds.). Parties as Governments in Eurasia, 1913–1991. Nationalism, Socialism, and Development. London; New York: Routledge. p. 285. doi:10.4324/9781003264972-11. ISBN 978-1-003-26497-2.
- ^ Seuk-Ryule Hong (2002). "Reunification Issues and Civil Society in South Korea: The Debates and Social Movement for Reunification during the April Revolution Period, 1960–1961". The Journal of Asian Studies. 61 (4): 1257. doi:10.2307/3096441. JSTOR 3096441.
- ^ Seungjin Han (2023). Literary Communities Shaping Democratic Values in Authoritarian Regimes: Censorship and Civil Society in South Korea, 1960s-1980s (MA thesis). Georgetown University. p. 8. hdl:10822/1082505.
- ^ Charles K. Armstrong (2003). "The Cultural Cold War in Korea, 1945–1950". The Journal of Asian Studies. 62 (1): 73. doi:10.2307/3096136. JSTOR 3096136.
- ^ Anela Ilijaš (2021). "A comparison of the motifs of artist's obsession in "The Tattooer" by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō and "Tale of a Mad Painter" by Kim Dong-in". Tabula (18): 73. doi:10.32728/tab.18.2021.6. S2CID 245470532.
- ^ "Kim Seungok: two short story reviews". Korea.net. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Kim Ji-ha(김지하)". Digital Library of Korean Literature. Retrieved 26 August 2023.