Hong Myong-hui

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Hong Myong-hui
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	(1888-07-03)3 July 1888 Dongbu-ri, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korean Empire
Died	5 March 1968(1968-03-05) (aged 79)
Citizenship	North Korean
Nationality	Korean
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	홍명희
Hancha	洪命熹
Revised Romanization	Hong Myeong-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Hong Myŏng-hŭi
Pen name
Chosŏn'gŭl	벽초
Hancha	碧初
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[]

• Korean literature

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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