The article profiles Yom Sangsop, a Korean writer who died in 1963. Many critical writings about him were published after his death. He was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1897 and studied literature at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. Some of his literary achievements included publication of both personal essays and critical essays, poetry and fiction. One of his popular writings is "Samdae," a novel of manners serialized in 1931, and the novella "Manse chon."