Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood
Richard E. Kim (1932 - 2009)was a celebrated novelist, essayist, documentary filmmaker, and professor of literature at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Syracuse University, San Diego State University, and at Seoul National University. He was founder and president of Trans-Lit Agency, a literary agency devoted to establishing international copyright for works being published in Korea. His books includeThe Martyred(nominated for the National Book Award),The Innocent, andLost Koreans in China and the Soviet Union: Photo Essays. He was recipient of the Ford Foundation Foreign Area Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowship.