Park No-Ja

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[edit] Biography

Park, No-Ja (박노자, 1973 ~) was born to a Jewish family in St. Petersburg, Russia. His Russian name is Vladimir Tihonov but after immigrating to South Korea in 1999, he changed his name into a Korean-style name, Park, No-Ja and became naturalized as a Korean citizen in 2001.

Fascinated by a Korean movies and classical literature during his high school days, he decided to study Korean history. In his 16th year, he entered the department of Korean studies at St. Petersburg National University of Russia, and he made his first visit to Korea as an exchange student in 1991 and stayed in Seoul for about 3 months.

After his bachelor’s degree, Park, No-Ja kept studying Korean history and was granted a doctorate from Moscow National University with his thesis about Ga-ya, a combination of city states which lasted until 6th century in southern part of Korea.

While working on his degree, in 1992, Park, No-Ja met a Korean violinist, Paik, Myong-Jong (백명정, 1971- ) who was at that time studying at the Leningrad University of Russia, and they married in 1995.

Park, No-Ja worked on translating Korean literature into Russian and wrote several liberal arts and sociology books about Korean culture and politics, including his best-selling book, ‘your Korea(당신들의 대한민국)’. His writings made him known as one of Korea’s influential progressive intellectuals, and brought on many controversial issues within Korea by sharp criticism.

He had taught Russian at Kyung-Hee University of Korea, and is now teaching Korean studies as a vice-professor in Oslo National University in Norway.

[edit] Bibliography

Your Korea2 (2006)

당신들의 대한민국2
I Accuse of the Century of Violence (2005)

나는 폭력의 세기를 고발한다
The History which Betrayed Me (2003)

나를 배반한 역사
There are Right and Left but not High and Low (2002)

좌우는 있어도 위아래는 없다 (박노자의 북유럽 탐험)
Your Korea 1 (2001)

당신들의 대한민국1