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‘I repeatedly failed to win any awards’: my doomed career as a North Korean novelist

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Failed Career as a Novelist in North Korea

The speaker discusses their unsuccessful career as a novelist in North Korea, with poor evaluations due to writing stories set in Japan or featuring Jainichi characters. They explore the hierarchy of genres in North Korean literature and the competition between film and literature.

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