Hong Myong-hui

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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, North Chungcheong Province, Korean Empire
Died5 March 1968(1968-03-05) (aged 79)
CitizenshipNorth Korean
Political partyDemocratic Independent Party
Korean name
Hangul
홍명희
Hanja
洪命熹
RRHong Myeonghui
MRHong Myŏnghŭi
Art name
Hangul
벽초
Hanja
碧初
RRByeokcho
MRPyŏkch'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, North Chungcheong Province, where he took part in the 3.1 Movement in 1919. In the 1920s, he served as an editor of the The Dong-A 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

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  • Im Kkokjong (임꺽정) -historical novel based on the life of the Korean rebel Im Kkokjong (d.1562).

See also

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References

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  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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