Hong Myong-hui

Not to be confused with Hong Myong-hui (footballer).
In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.
Hong Myong-hui
Vice Premier of the Cabinet
In office
9 September 1948 – 23 October 1962
PremierKim Il Sung
Personal details
Born(1888-07-03)3 July 1888
Dongbu-ri, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korean Empire
Died5 March 1968(1968-03-05) (aged 79)
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyDemocratic Independent Party
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
홍명희
Hancha
Revised RomanizationHong Myeong-hui
McCune–ReischauerHong Myŏng-hŭi
Art name
Chosŏn'gŭl
벽초
Hancha
Revised RomanizationByeok-cho
McCune–ReischauerPyŏk-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. Hong also was part of the Korean nationalist group Singanhoe which was founded in 1927.[1]

Hong founded the Democratic Independent Party with his comrades An Jae-hong, Kim Byung-ro [ko], Kim Ho, Pak Yong-hee, I Kuk-ro [ko] and Kim Won-yong on 19 October 1947.[2] Hong then became the chairman of the party.[3] 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) -historical novel based on the life of the Korean rebel Im Kkokjong (d.1562).

See also

References

  1. ^ "홍명희". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
  2. ^ 민주독립당(民主獨立黨). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Korean Fatherland Front Holds Meeting". Hsinhua News Agency Release. Beijing: Hsinhua. 24 May 1956. p. 257. OCLC 472415849.


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