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Cheon was born in Yong-in South of Korea in 1964.
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Cheon Myeong-kwan
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His novel Modern Family was adapted into a film, Boomerang Family, in 2013. He debuted in 2003 with the short story “Frank and I.” Before becoming a writer, he worked for a movie production company and also wrote the screenplays for films like Gun and Gun (1995, 총잡이) and The Great Chef (1999, 북경반점). Although he wrote numerous screenplays and prepared to star in a few films himself, production on these movies was suspended.
Although it was a bitter time of failure, it was no doubt an important period of his training and discipline as a writer
Modern Family (고령화 가족), featuring a motley crew of family members, is narrated by a middle-aged son who has been unemployed for the past 10 years ever since his debut film flopped. With these two works, he jump-started his writing career, receiving widespread attention from critics and readers alike as a unique and invigorating presence in the Korean literary scene.
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