· Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee – A Look Inside North Korea is a good complement. Both memoirs feature the intense, harrowing escape from North Korea to South Korea via China. Yet because Park and Jang Jin-sung had different lives in North Korea, they had unique experiences during this journey that shaped how they look at it. · February 2, - Author Jang Jin-sung, on his first visit to the U.S., discusses his new book, Dear Leader Poet, Spy, Escapee—A Look Inside North Korea, wh. Jang Jin-sung is a former poet laureate for North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Since leaving the country he has become a bestselling author and widely solicited commentator on North Korea. He has been awarded the Rex Warner Literary Prize and read his poetry at London’s Cultural Olympiad in /5().
Dear Leader: poet, spy, escapee: a look inside North Korea Item Preview remove-circle As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored information, and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life. Jang Jin-sung. Jang Jin-sung is a former poet laureate for North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Since leaving the country he has become a bestselling author and widely solicited commentator on North Korea. He has been awarded the Rex Warner Literary Prize and read his poetry at London's Cultural Olympiad in Jang Jin-sung (a pseudonym to protect his family) was a "court poet" who wrote a North Korean best-seller (propaganda) and had even personally met Dear Leader on his secret island. He also worked for the department that re-writes Korean history to be favorable to the Kim dynasty, and he had full access to South Korean media.
As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored information, and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life in Pyongyang seemed safe and secure. But this privileged existence was about to be shattered. Jang Jin-sung is a former poet laureate for North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Since leaving the country he has become a bestselling author and widely solicited commentator on North Korea. He has been awarded the Rex Warner Literary Prize and read his poetry at London’s Cultural Olympiad in Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea: Author: Jang Jin-sung: Publisher: Simon Schuster, ISBN: X, Length: pages: Subjects.
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