Rhie Won-bok
Rhie Won-bok (born 4 October 1946) is a South Korean cartoonist and professor.
Also recorded as Lee Won-bok · Yi Won-bok
Rhie Won-bok
- Born
- 4 October 1946
- Birthplace
- Taejon, Southern Korea (now Daejeon, South Korea)
- Education
- Seoul National University
- Occupation
- Cartoonist Rhie Won-bok (born 4 October 1946) is a South Korean cartoonist and professor.
- Nationality
- South Korea.
- Languages
- Korean and English.
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Rhie Won-bok (born 4 October 1946) is a South Korean cartoonist and professor.
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Rhie Won-bok (born 1946) is a South Korean caricaturist, comics artist and illustrator, among other activities. The caricaturist was born in Daejeon.
Rhie Won-bok studied at Seoul National University and University of Münster. The caricaturist worked for Duksung Women's University. Languages used include English and Korean.
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• Born — 4 October 1946 • Birthplace — Taejon, Southern Korea (now Daejeon, South Korea) • Education — Seoul National University • Occupation — Cartoonist Rhie Won-bok (born 4 October 1946) is a South Korean cartoonist and professor.
Education
Education
Rhie was born in what is now Daejeon, South Korea. He studied architecture in Seoul National University, after which he studied graphic design in Münster, Germany.
Works
Works
His comics are drawn in a simple, didactic manner, often explaining the inner workings and the psychological makeup of nations like Germany, Japan, or the United States. He does this by taking into account historical, geographic and political factors, drawing in a funny style. An English translation of "Korea Unmasked", dealing with the Korean nations, was published in 2002 by Gimm-Young International. Most of his other works are untranslated and available in Korean only.
Works
Works
• Rhie, Won-bok: Korea Unmasked. Gimm-Young International, 2002.
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1946
Rhie Won-bok born at Daejeon.
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He received the Noonsol Award in 1993 for contributions to the development of the South Korean cartoon industry. From 1998 to 2000 he was president of the Korean Society of Cartoon and Animation Studies. He is professor of graphic design at Duksung Women's University in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q625959: Rhie Won-bok
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- “Rhie Won-bok”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 173533965, Rhie, Won-Bok.
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