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photo taken by cho , seon-hui korean fantasy boom of the late 1990s korean fantasy market of 2000s busan , j. r. r. tolkien , ursula k. le guin 230 × 300px korean dragon raja the bird that drinks tears 21 july 1972 fantasy science fiction lee yeongdo
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lee yeongdo

lee yeongdo -lrb- hangul : 이영도 , hanja : 李英道 ; born 1972 -rrb- is a korean novelist known for his work in fantasy and science fiction genre .
he is best known for his `` dragon raja '' series of fantasy novels which is also his debut work , serialised on an online forum from 1997 and published on its completion in 1998 .
at the time `` dragon raja '' was first published , korean readership for fantasy genre -lrb- specifically its medievalist form -rrb- was considered unsubstantial and unaccounted for by press .
but `` dragon raja '' has sold close to 2 million books in 4 languages .
this was a significant feat for the fantasy genre in korea where the annual circulation of domestic literature and fiction titles as a whole , ranges between 12 ~ 20 million copies .
dragon raja 's success has prompted a rapid growth of korean fantasy and science fiction genre , and contributed to the growing acceptance of works written online , known as internet literature , both by the country 's general public and literary world .
lee is currently one of the best-selling fantasy writer in korea .
