Background
Lee, Il-Hwan was born on August 8, 1955 in Sangju, Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea. Son of Mae-Ji Kim.
English and American literature educator
Lee, Il-Hwan was born on August 8, 1955 in Sangju, Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea. Son of Mae-Ji Kim.
Doctor of Philosophy, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 1987.
Professor English Kookmin University, Seoul, since 1982. Fulbright scholar University California, Berkeley, 1985. Visiting scholar Yale University, New Haven, 1993—1995, 2003—2005.
Director Graduate School Creative Writing, Seoul, since 2005. Dean College Humanities, since 2009.
Married Soon-Hyang Cho. Children: Sun-Jeong, Jae-Won.