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Sin Saimdang

1504 - 1551

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Shin Saimdang (Korean: 신사임당; Hanja: 申師任堂; 29 October 1504 – 17 May 1551) was a Korean artist, writer, calligraphist, and poet, who lived during the Joseon period. She was born in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. Her birth home, Ojukheon, which is also her maternal family's home, is well-preserved to this day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sin Saimdang has received more than 241,407 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Sin Saimdang is the 618th most popular writer (up from 722nd in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from South Korea and the most popular South Korean Writer.

Sin saimdang is most famous for its spicy sauce, which is made of chili peppers, garlic, vinegar, and sugar.

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  • 24

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  • 5.88

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  • 2.13

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sin Saimdang ranks 618 out of 5,755Before her are Bai Juyi, Karl Kraus, Ivan Krylov, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Maurice Blanchot. After her are John Bunyan, Daphne du Maurier, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Lorenzo Da Ponte, and Georg Büchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1504, Sin Saimdang ranks 2Before her is Pope Pius V. After her are Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Francesco Primaticcio, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Heinrich Bullinger, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Guru Angad, Scipione Rebiba, Louis of Granada, and Charles Estienne. Among people deceased in 1551, Sin Saimdang ranks 1After her are Barbara Radziwiłł, Martin Bucer, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Sahib I Giray, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Oda Nobuhide, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, George Martinuzzi, and Fray Tomás de Berlanga.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Sin Saimdang ranks 44 out of 944Before her are Heonjong of Joseon (1827), Injong of Joseon (1515), Choi Kyu-hah (1919), Lee Byung-chul (1910), Dangun (-333), and Hyejong of Goryeo (912). After her are Jang-geum (1550), Gim Yu-sin (595), Lee Kun-hee (1942), Hyeokgeose of Silla (-69), Pak Hon-yong (1900), and Heungseon Daewongun (1820).

Among WRITERS In South Korea

Among writers born in South Korea, Sin Saimdang ranks 1After her are Ko Un (1933), Uhwudong (1430), Na Hye-sok (1896), Yu Kil-chun (1856), Heo Nanseolheon (1563), Yun Seondo (1587), Han Kang (1970), and Shin Kyung-sook (1963).