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Korean-American novelist (1898–1972)

Younghill Kang (Korean: 강용흘; RR: Kang Yong-heul; June 5, 1898 – December 2, 1972) was a Korean-American writer.^[1] He is best known for his 1931 novelThe Grass Roof (the first Korean American novel^[2]) and its sequel, the 1937 fictionalized memoirEast Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee. He also wrote an unpublished play, Murder in the Royal Palace, which was performed both in the US and in Korea.^[3] He has been called "the father of Korean American literature."^[4]

Early life and education

As a child in Korea, Kang was educated in both Confucian and Christian missionary schools.^[5] In 1921, he fled Korea because of his participation in the Korean independence movement; he went first to Canada (where he briefly studied at Dalhousie University), then to the United States.^[2] He received his B.S.

from Boston University in 1925 a