Hong Sok-jung
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 홍석중 |
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| Revised Romanization | Hong Seokjung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hong Sŏkchung |
Hong Sok-jung (Korean: 홍석중; born 1941), born in Seoul, is a North Korean writer. He is the grandson of novelist Hong Myong-hui.
Sok-jung moved to North Korea with his family after the
Second World War. He served in the Korean People's Navy, and obtained a degree in literature at Kim Il Sung University. His first published work was a short story, "Red Flower", in 1970. In 1979, he joined the Central Committee of North Korea's official literary organisation, the Joseon Writers' Alliance(Now under Korean Federation of Literature and Arts
).
In 1993, he published his most successful work, Northeaster, an
Manhae Literary Prize (Korean: 만해문학상) in 2005 - the first time it had been awarded to a North Korean writer. An excerpt from the novel was translated into English and published by Words Without Borders (WWB) in Literature from the "Axis of Evil"
in 2006.
See also
Sources
- Br. Anthony of Taizé, introductory remarks to the excerpt of Hwang Jin-i, in Literature from the "Axis of Evil" (a ISBN 978-1-59558-205-8, 2006, pp.99–101.
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