Choe Jeong-hui

Choe Jeong-hui (1912–1990) was one of the most successful early women writers in South Korea.

[1] Choe Jeong-hui 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.

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