Lee Munyol was born in Seoul in 1948 and grew up in Yeongyang County, North Gyeongsang Province. He studied at the College of Education, Seoul National University and debuted in 1979 at The Dong-a Ilbo's annual spring literary contest. Lee's major works include The Son of Man, Passion Portrait, Hail to the Emperor!, Our Twisted Hero, The Poet, and Homo Executans, as well as annotated and novelized retellings of Records of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, and Records of the Chu-Han Contention. He has received the Writer of Today Award, Dong-in Literary Award, and Yi Sang Literary Award, among others. Lee's works have been translated and published in 15 languages throughout 20 countries, including the United States and France.

(Frech) En 1979, il fait ses débuts dans l'art littéraire de Shinchun du Dong-A Ilbo. Parmi les œuvres majeures, citons "Son of Man", "Portrait of a Young Day", "For the Emperor", "Our Twisted Heroes", "Poet" et "Homo Executans". Il a remporté le prix de l'écrivain du jour, le prix de la littérature Dongin et le prix de la littérature Lee Sang. Son œuvre est actuellement traduite et publiée en 15 langues dans plus de 20 pays, dont les États-Unis et la France.