Hong Sok-jung

See also: Jung

Hong Sok-jung is a writer North-Korean, born in 1941, author in particular of historical novels.

Originating in the south of the Korea, Hong Sok-jung followed his/her grandfather Hong Myong-hi when this last, which had chosen to become writer to defend the language Korean (hangeul) prohibited by the Japanese, settled in North Korea in 1948. It belongs to a dynasty of Korean well-read men having resisted the Japanese occupation: its great-grandfather, Hong Beum-sik, committed suicide in 1910 to protest against the annexation of his country by the Japan.

After having studied the Literature with the Kim University It-Sung with Pyongyang, Hong Sok-jung wrote parts of Théâtre then publishes its first novel, " A flower rouge" , in 1970, denouncing the social injustice in Korea before independence.

Hong Sok-jung was seen decreeing the Manhae literary prize in South Korea for its novel " Hwang Chini" , born from an illegitimate alliance having involved the rupture of its engagement. It then chooses to become royal courtesan (kisaeng) to affirm her independence, while denouncing the hypocrisy of the male domination in Korea of the dynasty Choson. The novel comprises very realistic scenes of love and employs expressions common to the North and the South of the peninsula, in order to mean the will of reunification of Korea.

Hong Sok-jung is in addition a friend of the South Korean novelist Hwang Sok-yong.

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Culture in North Korea

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