A writer enters broadcasting
After winning the legendary TBC television drama competition, KIM KWANG SOO received successive newcomer awards from MBC and other broadcasters.
WRITER · DOCUMENTARIAN · NOVELIST
KIM
KWANG SOO
Recording history through human voices
Since 1979, KIM KWANG SOO has moved between fiction, radio, and television to preserve the lives and voices within modern Korean history.
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THE WRITER'S JOURNEY
Broadcasting,
fiction, and a
new journey
His career began with a prize at the legendary TBC television drama competition in 1979, followed by awards from MBC and other broadcasters.
In January 1981, his first long-form manuscript won the inaugural Novel Literature competition. Publication, a second novel contract, and a third serial novel followed.
“One very small, improbable incident connected me to radio—and the work kept unfolding.”
From 1985 to the autumn of 2004, he worked without pause as one of Yeouido's busiest radio writers, while continuing to write television specials and fiction.
First Novel Literature Prize
His manuscript won the inaugural Novel Literature long-form fiction competition, leading to publication and further novel commissions.
A return through radio
A chance encounter brought him back to broadcasting. He would write radio drama and documentary continuously for the next twenty years.
Stories heard beyond Korea
His works received ABU recognition in Auckland, Seoul, and Hong Kong, as well as the Grand Prix at Radio France in Paris.
Korean Broadcasting Writers Award
He received the Korean Broadcasting Writers Award and wrote numerous winners of Korea's leading broadcasting prizes.
Departure and return
After living abroad from 2004, he returned to Korea in 2024 and began a new journey—meeting readers in the online world.
BROADCAST ARCHIVE
More than a
thousand voices
Over a thousand radio dramas and documentaries, written to reveal people rather than merely explain events.
KBS RADIO 1
- Documentary: 20th Century Korean History
- 50 Years of the Korean Economy
- A Century of New Culture
MBC RADIO
- Fifty Turbulent Years
- History of Korean People's Movements
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Recognition
across borders
- ABU Special Prize Auckland
- Korean Broadcasting Writers Award
- ABU Grand Prize Seoul
- Radio France Grand Prix Paris
- ABU Special Prize Hong Kong
A NEW JOURNEY
“I now set out into the online world, ready to meet people I do not yet know—and who do not yet know me.”
KIM KWANG SOO · Returned to Korea in 2024
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