Hong Myong-hui

Korean novelist (1888–1968)

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 Ui-wan, Pak Chang-ok, Kim Il, Chong Chun-taek, Nam Il, Yi Chu-yon, 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
Political party	Democratic Independent Party

Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	홍명희
Hancha	洪命熹
Revised Romanization	Hong Myeong-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Hong Myŏng-hŭi
Art 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. 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).

References

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

Hong Myong-hui: Korea's Finest Historical Novelist." Korea Journal 39:4 (Winter 1999): 36-60
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