Choe Jeong-hui (1912–1990) was one of the most successful early women writers in South Korea.[1]
Choe Jeong-hui | |
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| Native name | 최정희 |
| Born | December 3, 1912 Dancheon, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea |
| Died | December 21, 1990(1990-12-21) (aged 78) |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Spouse | Kim Dong-hwan |
| Children | Kim Ji-won, Kim Chae-won |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 최정희 |
| Hanja | 崔貞熙 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Jeonghui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Chŏng-hŭi |
She was born in Dancheon, 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 Samcheolli (삼천리) and the newspaper The Chosun Ilbo (조선일보). She was associated with the Korean Artists' Proletarian Federation, and was jailed in 1934 as a result.[2][1][3]
Her daughters, Kim Ji-won and Kim Chae-won, were also successful writers.[2] She first married filmmaker Kim Yu-yeong in 1930, but they divorced a year later when she met her second husband, Kim Dong-hwan, in 1931 while working for Samcheolli.
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