Tae-jun Lee

Tae Jun Lee was born in Korea in 1904 and was orphaned as a child. He became known when he published a famous short story, 'Omongnyeo' in 1925. He wrote his most famous short stories during the 1930s, during which he also taught creative writing and edited a magazine, 'Composition'. His works are well-loved in Korea for their poetic prose and emotional sensitivity. In 1943, Tae Jun Lee stopped writing and secluded himself until Korea's liberation from the Japanse, He then settled in North Korea and was a war correspondent during the Korean War. Little is know of his activities thereafter, except for his death in a North orean Communist Party purge, most probably in 1956. Tae Jun Lee wrote 'Waiting for Mummy' in 1938.