Hong Myong-hui
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Hong Myong-hui | |
|---|---|
| Premier | Kim Il Sung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 July 1888 Dongbu-ri, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korean Empire |
| Died | 5 March 1968 (aged 79) |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Political party | Democratic Independent Party |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 홍명희 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Hong Myeong-hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hong Myŏng-hŭi |
| Art name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 벽초 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Byeok-cho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pyŏk-ch'o |
Hong Myong-hui or Hong Myung-hee (Korean: 홍명희; Hanja: 洪命熹; July 3, 1888 – March 5, 1968) was a Korean novelist during the colonial period, and later a North Korean novelist and state official.
He was born in Dongbu-ri,
Donga Ilbo. Hong also was part of the Korean nationalist group Singanhoe which was founded in 1927.[1]
Hong founded the
An Jae-hong, Kim Byung-ro, Kim Ho, Pak Yong-hee, I Kuk-ro and Kim Won-yong on 19 October 1947.[2] Hong then became the chairman of the party.[3] After the Korean War, he occupied various important positions in North Korea
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He is buried in the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery in Hyongjesan-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. His grandson, Hong Sok-jung, is also a well known North Korean author.
Works
- Im Kkokjong (임꺽정) -historical novel based on the life of the Korean rebel Im Kkokjong(d.1562).
See also
References
- ^ "홍명희". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
- ^ 민주독립당(民主獨立黨). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- OCLC 472415849.
- Hong Myong-hui: Korea's Finest Historical Novelist." Korea Journal 39:4 (Winter 1999): 36-60
- http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoHumanDetail.aspx?mc=EJ1005&hid=EJ100500230287&rightType=3&direct=1
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