Choe Jeong-hui
Choe Jeong-hui (1912–1990) was one of the most successful early women writers in South Korea.[1]
Choe Jeong-hui | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 최정희 |
| Born | December 3, 1912 Dancheon, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea |
| Died | December 21, 1990 (aged 78) |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Spouse | Kim Dong-hwan |
| Children | Kim Ji-won, Kim Chae-won |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 최정희 |
| Hanja | 崔貞熙 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Jeonghui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Chŏng-hŭi |
Life
She was born in Dancheon, South Hamgyong Province and was educated in Seoul. She worked at a kindergarten in Tokyo and as a journalist in Seoul before starting her writing career in 1931; she worked for the magazine Samcheolli (삼천리) and the newspaper The Chosun Ilbo (조선일보). She was associated with the Korean Artists' Proletarian Federation, and was jailed in 1934 as a result.[2][1][3]
Her daughters, Kim Ji-won and Kim Chae-won, were also successful writers.[2] She first married filmmaker Kim Yu-yeong in 1930, but they divorced a year later when she met her second husband, Kim Dong-hwan, in 1931 while working for Samcheolli.
Selected works
- Earthly Ties (지맥), novella
- Human Ties (인맥), novella
- Heavenly Ties (천맥), novella[1]
References
- Choi, Hyaeweol (2012). New Women in Colonial Korea: A Sourcebook. p. 214. ISBN 978-0415517096.
- Kim, Chong-un; Fulton, Bruce (1998). A Ready-made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction. p. 149. ISBN 0824820711.
- Miller, Jane Eldridge (2002). Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 63. ISBN 0415159814.
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