| Yi Munyol | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 이문열 |
| Hanja | 李文烈 |
| Revised Romanization | I Mun-yeol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Munyŏl |
Yi Munyol (born May 18, 1948) is a South Korean writer.
He was born in Cheongun-dong of Seoul. He attended the Seoul National University, where he studied Korean Language Education. He dropped out in 1970. From 1994 to 1997, he taught Korean language and literature at Sejong University. Since 1999, he has served as the head of Buak Literary Center.
He has written novels, short stories, and political and social commentaries.
In 1999, he was awarded the Ho-Am Prize in the Arts. Yi is currently a visiting scholar at the Korea Institute, Harvard University.