Literary critic and professor O-Young Lee was born in Onyang, South Chungchong Providence, in 1934. He taught at Ewha Women's University from 1966 to 1989 and served as editor of Munhak Sasang, an important Korean literary magazine. He has also served as editorial writer for several Korean newspapers, including Chosun Ilbo, Hankuk Ilbo, Chungang Ilbo, and Kyonghyang Shinum. He also received a fellowship from Tokyo University in 1980 and taught at Japan's International Research Center for Japanese Studies in 1989. From 1990 to 1991, Dr. Lee served as Korea's first Minister of Culture.
