(English) Park Kunwoong was born in Seoul in 1972. He has liked drawing ever since he was young, and he studied painting in college. Inspirations for his stories usually come from modern Korean history, and his graphic novels deal with tragedies from the recent past, such as Flowers, about North Korean soldiers left behind on Mount Jiri during the Korean War, and The Story of Noguen-ri, about the massacre of Korean people by American soldiers in a village called Noguen-ri during the Korean War. The Story of Hongi deals with the Jeju Uprising of 1949, and I Am a Communist is a story about Heo Yeong-cheol, who was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment for his refusal to change his ideological beliefs. His graphic novels also include The Time of Beasts, which chronicles the 22 days of torture Kim Geun-tae was subjected to, and Spring That Year about the eight people who were falsely accused and killed in the People’s Revolutionary Party Incident in 1975. He also wrote Jessie’s Story, Arirang, and The Song of Yan’an about the people who fought for the liberation of their country during the time of the Japanese occupation. He is a recipient of the new artist award from the Korea Manhwa of the Year in 2002, Today’s Manhwa Award in 2011, and the grand prize from Bucheon Manhwa Festival in 2014.