Tsai Man-sik - Saibanshoku

Japanese: 蔡万植 - さいばんしょく

1902‐50
Korean author. Born in Okgo, North Jeolla Province. His pen name was Shirabishi. He dropped out of Waseda University. He began publishing novels in 1925, and in the early days he took the position of an ally of the proletarian literature movement (KAP). From 1934 onwards he turned to scathing satire that mixed self-deprecating consciousness and social mockery without any attack, publishing works such as "The Life of a Lady-Maid" and "The Foolish Man." His representative full-length novels include "Muddy Current" (1937), which depicts the state of society, and "Under the Great Peace" (1938), which satirizes the inflated desires of city dwellers. "National Sinners," written after the liberation, is also a noteworthy work.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1902‐50
朝鮮の作家。全羅北道沃溝出身。号は白菱。早稲田大学中退。1925年から小説を発表，初期はプロレタリア文学運動(カップ)の同伴者的立場をとる。34年以降自虐意識と社会への揶揄（やゆ），攻撃のないまざった痛烈な風刺作品に転じ，《レディ･メード人生》《痴叔》などを発表。代表的長編小説に世態描写にさえる《濁流》(1937)，都会人の肥大した欲望を風刺する《太平天下》(1938)がある。解放後の《民族の罪人》も注目すべき作品である。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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