Éric Szczurek (1961-2022) trained in the field of comparative literature (master's degree in 1989, DEA in 1990), and qualified as a teacher of modern literature (1992) and classical literature (2019, top of his class). He has held various teaching posts in the Besançon education authority, and was seconded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the French embassy in Seoul as a cooperation attaché (1996-2000), to the French school in Kuala Lumpur as a teacher (1993-1995), and then to the Alliance française in Kuala Lumpur (2003-2005), where he was director. At the Mission laïque française, he was director of a French business school in Finland (2007-2013) and taught in Scotland (2013-2015). Since 1986, despite multiple teaching and administrative responsibilities, he has been passionate about language learning (Chinese, Korean, Finnish, English, Latin) and has published numerous theoretical and imaginative articles in journals, notably Cahiers de Corée.