Chung-Ang University
He was born in 1941 in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang, Korea. His father, Lim woo-bin, was killed by the government of South Korea in 1950. In 1965, he graduated from Chung-Ang University and in 1968 he received a master's of literature. From 1965 to 1972, he was a journalist for Pharmaceuticals News, Kyunghyangsinmun. He was an instructor at Chung-Ang University. From March 1996 to August 1998, he was Chung-Ang University Graduate School of Art's Visiting Professor and in 1998 Chung-Ang University Korean Languages Studies Professor.