Martine Prost, Ph.D. in linguistics, was a lecturer at the UFR de langues et civilisations orientales of the Université Paris-Diderot and director of the Institut d'études coréennes at the Collège de France. Married to a Korean and now retired, she lives in Korea. Her books include Scènes de vie en Corée (2011) and Halabeoji (2016), both published by L'Asiathèque.
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