Kim Sung-woo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kim Sung-woo

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1934

Place of Birth: Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea

Profession: writer, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Kim Sung-woo is honorary poet and journalist of South Korea. He was born in Yokjido, Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do, in 1934 and graduated from Seoul National University majoring in politics. He joined the Hankook Ilbo and served as a Paris correspondent, Managing editor and standing advisor. He is a journalist who has served in newspapers for 44 years. He became the Korea's first Honorary Poets(Society of Korean Poets) for popularizing poetry recitation movements. He is also the Korea's only Honorary Actor(National Theater Association of Korea Inc.,). Currently, he is serving as a permanent executive director of JEI Culture Foundation.