With the Century

With the Century
Cover page of a book with illustration of Mount Paektu. The text reads: "Kim Il-sung. Reminiscences: With the Century 1."
Cover page of the English edition of With the Century, Vol. 1
AuthorKim Il Sung
LanguageKorean
Subject
  • Kim Il Sung
  • Heads of state, Korea (North), biography
  • Korean resistance movements, 1905–1945
GenreAutobiography
Published1992 (1992) (Korean ed.)
PublisherPyongyang: Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House (Korean ed.)
Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House (English ed.)
Publication placeNorth Korea
Media typePrint in eight volumes
Pages3,447 (English ed.)
OCLC28377167
951.9303/092 B
LC ClassDS934.6.K5 A3 1992
With the Century
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
世紀와 더불어
Revised RomanizationSegiwa deobuleo
McCune–ReischauerSegi wa tŏburŏ

In a ruined country neither the land nor the people can remain at peace. ... A man who perceives this truth before others is called a forerunner; he who struggles against difficulties to save his country from tragedy is called a patriot; and he who sets fire to himself to demonstrate the truth and overthrows the injust society by rousing the people to action is called a revolutionary.

From "My family", section one of "Land of Misfortunes", the first chapter of With the Century (Volume 1)[1]

Reminiscences: With the Century (Korean세기와 더불어; Hancha世紀와 더불어; RRSegiwa deobuleo; MRSegi wa tŏburŏ) is the autobiography of Kim Il Sung, founder and former president of North Korea. The memoirs, written in 1992 and published in eight volumes, retell Kim's life story through his childhood to the time of Korean resistance.[2] Initially, a total of 30 volumes were planned but Kim Il Sung died in 1994 after just six volumes; the seventh and eight volumes were published posthumously. The work reveals early influences of religious and literary ideas on Kim's thinking. An important part of North Korean literature, With the Century is held as a valuable if unreliable insight into the nation's modern history under late colonial Korea. The book is considered one of a few North Korean primary sources widely available in the West and as notable research material for North Korean studies.

Authorship of With the Century is disputed, with some claiming that it was written by professional writers instead of Kim Il Sung himself.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kim2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Victor Cha; Ji-Young Lee (26 August 2013). "Politics of North Korea". Oxford Bibliographies. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

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