Kindai Shun

Japanese: 金台俊 - きんだいしゅん

A Korean literary figure. In Korea under Japanese colonial rule, he organized the Korean Language and Literature Society and the Jindan Society (1934), among others, and devoted himself to the study of Korean studies and the development of national culture. He also participated in the Korean Independence League, an anti-Japanese national united front organization of Korean communists. After liberation, he became head of the cultural department of the South Korean Workers' Party. He was executed by the Syngman Rhee regime in 1949. He wrote works such as "History of the Korean Novel" (1933), "History of Korean Chinese Literature", "Collection of Korean Songs", and "Yeon'an Journey", an anti-Japanese travelogue in China.

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Japanese:

朝鮮の文学者。日本の植民地下の朝鮮で朝鮮語文学会，震檀学会（1934年）などを組織して朝鮮学の研究と民族文化の発展に尽力。また朝鮮人共産主義者による抗日民族統一戦線組織〈朝鮮独立同盟〉に参加。解放後，南朝鮮労働党文化部長。1949年李承晩政権によって処刑。《朝鮮小説史》（1933年），《朝鮮漢文学史》《朝鮮歌謡集》，抗日中国紀行《延安行》などを著した。

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