[KS] Meet author Margaret Juhae Lee at TKS Voices program

Alina Oh alina.ny at koreasociety.org
Mon Mar 27 20:10:09 EST 2000


The Korea Society presents...

Voices program:

Starry Field
with author
Margaret Juhae Lee

Korean American writer Margaret Juhae Lee introduces work in progress, 
entitled Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History, about her grandfather Lee 
Chul Ha's struggle against the colonial Japanese Empire.

Over half a century after Lee Chul Ha's death, his family has finally 
unraveled the mystery of this freedom fighter's life. Under the alias of 
"Starry Field," he protested Japanese rule as one of the leaders of the 
student revolutionary movement in his hometown of Kongju, Korea, and later 
in Seoul in the late 1920s. In 1993, a posthumous Patriot's Medal was 
awarded to Lee by the South Korean government, and two years later, his 
grave was moved from his family's plot to the National Cemetery in Taejon.

His activities brought the wrath of the Japanese military government, who 
imprisoned him for almost five years. He died three years later after 
fathering two sons. The legacy of forty years of harsh colonial rule colors 
the whole of modern Korean history and identity. The wounds have yet to be 
healed for the Lee family and for millions of Koreans and those of Korean 
descent.

About the author:
Margaret Juhae Lee is a former assistant literary editor of The Nation 
magazine and has written for The Nation, Newsday, Elle, ARTnews and MAMM, 
among other publications. She is currently a 1999-2000 fellow in the 
Bunting Fellowship Program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard 
University.


Tuesday May 9, 2000
7:00 p.m

Reading and Book Signing
to be held at
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor,
(SW Corner of 57th)

Free and open to the public!

To RSVP, contact Alina Oh at 212-759-7525 ext 15 or 
alina.ny at koreasociety.org.


Alina Oh
Program Associate
The Korea Society
212-759-7525 ext. 15
alina.ny at koreasociety.org
www.koreasociety.org



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