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Kim Choon Mie graduated and received Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature from of Korea University, of Korea in 1984.
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Kim Choon-Mie
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1984 – Professor of Japanese Literature, of Korea University. 2005 – President of the Research Center of Japanese Studies, of Korea University. She is a former President of the Korean Institution of Japanology.
She is a translator of Haruki Murakami"s Kafka on the Shore ( Umibe no kafuka).
According to her, Murakami opened doors for Japanese literature in postwar of Korea, especially with the "386" generation – Koreans who were born in the ’60s, who were students in the ’80’s, and who were in their 30s in the ’90s.
