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With the Century
''Reminiscences: With the Century'' is the autobiography of Kim Il-sung, founder and 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. 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 somewhat unreliable insight into the nation's modern history under late Japanese colonial rule. 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 claims that it was written by professional writers instead of Kim Il-sung himself.
==History==
Up until the 1960s, Kim Il-sung had encouraged his fellow revolutionaries to publish their memoirs, and guerrillas such as Eul Ji Mun Deok, Kang Gam Chan and Lee Sun Shin were featured in North Korean history books. Kim Il-sung's son and future successor Kim Jong-il, however, called back such biographies and sought to reinforce Kim Il-sung's cult of personality by controlling the works that made reference to him.〔 In this regard, ''With the Century'' effectively replaced another work, ''Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas'', as one of the most important propaganda pieces.
In 1974, Kim announced that he would write his memoirs. According to Kim himself, before that he had spared little thought about writing his memoirs. When Kim Jong-il assumed the office of Secretary for Organizational Affairs, Kim Il-sung was allowed more time to focus on his writing. Kim also describes being encouraged to write his memoirs by literary people and foreign statesmen. ''With the Century'' was written in 1992 when Kim was in his 80s, two years prior to his death. Initially the memoirs were supposed to span 90 chapters in 30 volumes comprising five parts.〔 However, only the first six volumes of part one "The anti-Japanese revolution" were completed before Kim's death and two additional volumes were published posthumously.〔〔
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