Choe Jeong-hui
Ch'oe Chǒng-hǔi (1912 – 1990) is a South Korean writer. She is thought to be one of the most successful early women writers in South Korea.[1]
She was born in Tanch'ŏn, 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 Samch'olli and the newspaper The Chosun Ilbo. She was associated with the Korea Artista Proletara Federatio and was jailed in 1934.[2][1][3]
Her daughters Kim Chi-won and Kim Chae-won are also successful writers.[2]
Selected works[1]
- Chimaek (Earthly ties}, novella
- Immaek (Ties of people), novella
- Ch'ŏnmaek (Heavenly ties), novella
References
- ^ a b c Choi, Hyaeweol (2012). New Women in Colonial Korea: A Sourcebook. p. 214. ISBN 0415517095.
- ^ a b 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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