Vladimir Korolenko: blind musician

Four beautiful stories about compassion, love, justice, and solidarity presented by Korolenko, a giant of Russian humanitarian literature. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passing of Vladimir Korolenko, a writer, journalist, social critic, and social activist who represented humanitarianism in Russian literature and was respected and loved by writers of his time as well as by later generations. *The Blind Musician*, a collection of his representative works, has been published as Volume 164 of the Daesan World Literature Series by Munhak & Jiseong Publishing. Korolenko's life was by no means smooth, as he actively engaged in journalism, social criticism, and literary activities until his death from tuberculosis at the age of 68 in 1921. The writer, who entered the Technical Institute in St. Petersburg in 1871 but abandoned his studies due to family circumstances, moved to Moscow in 1874 and enrolled in the Petrov Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. Having taken an early interest in revolutionary movements, he joined the Populist student movement in 1876, was arrested, expelled from school, and exiled to Kronstadt. He later returned to St. Petersburg in 1977 and began his creative work while enrolling in the Mining Institute; in July 1979, he published his first literary work, "Episodes of an Inquirer's Life," in the magazine *Mal*. However, another ordeal befell Korolenko. After being tipped off about his contacts with revolutionaries, he was arrested and imprisoned by the authorities, subsequently expelled from the Mining Institute, and endured further exile in Tomsk and Perm, passing through Glazov in Vyatka Prefecture. The writer's hardships did not end there. In 1881, he refused to swear allegiance to the new Emperor Alexander III and was once again exiled to Siberia until 1884.

Korean title: 맹인 악사

Korean author: 블라디미르 코롤렌코

Korean publisher: 문학과지성사

ISBN-13: 9788932038148