Park Taewon

Park Taewon
Born(1909-12-07)December 7, 1909
Seoul, Korean Empire
DiedJuly 10, 1986(1986-07-10) (aged 76)
North Korea
OccupationWriter
LanguageKorean
NationalityNorth Korean
Period1929–1986
RelativesBong Joon-ho (grandson)
Korean name
Hangul
박태원
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBak Taewon
McCune–ReischauerPak T'aewŏn

Park Taewon (Korean박태원; December 7, 1909 – July 10, 1986), also known by his art names Mongbo and Gubo, was a Korean writer who moved from South Korea to North Korea.[1] He is notably a grandfather of South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho.

  1. ^ ”Park Tae Won" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: "Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute". Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.