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]

In this Korean name, the family name is Ch'oe.

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
  1. Choi, Hyaeweol (2012). New Women in Colonial Korea: A Sourcebook. p. 214. ISBN 978-0415517096.
  2. Kim, Chong-un; Fulton, Bruce (1998). A Ready-made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction. p. 149. ISBN 0824820711.
  3. Miller, Jane Eldridge (2002). Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 63. ISBN 0415159814.


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