Hong Myong-hui
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Hong Myong-hui | |
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Vice Premier of the Cabinet | |
In office 9 September 1948 – 23 October 1962 Serving with Pak Hon-yong, Kim Chaek, Ho Ka-i, Choe Chang-ik, Choe Yong-gon, , Pak Chang-ok, Kim Il, , Nam Il, , Ri Jong-ok and Kim Kwang-hyop. | |
Premier | Kim Il-sung |
Personal details | |
Born | Dongbu-ri, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korean Empire | 3 July 1888
Died | 5 March 1968 | (aged 79)
Citizenship | North Korean |
Nationality | Korean |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | |
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Hong Myeong-hui |
McCune–Reischauer | Hong Myŏng-hŭi |
Pen name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | |
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, Goesan county, Chungcheongbuk-do, where he took part in the 3.1 Movement in 1919. In the 1920s, he served as an editor of the Donga Ilbo. After the Korean War, he occupied various important positions in North Korea.
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) - based on the life of the Korean rebel Im Kkokjong (d.1562).
See also[]
References[]
- 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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