Claim: Lee Yeongdo is a  fantasy/science fiction novelist and is credited as one of the pioneers for fantasy literature in Korea.
Evidence: Lee Yeongdo (Korean: 이영도; Hanja: 李英道; born 1972) is a Korean novelist known for his work in fantasy and science fiction genre. Lee is credited as one of the pioneers for fantasy literature in Korea and its growing acceptance by the literary world, due to the political and philosophical discourse and the huge scale of the created world in his works.