[2] A writer poet, journalist, soldier and philosopher he also fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952.
Seonu Hwi graduated from Gyeongseong Teachers School in 1944.
He worked as a reporter for Chosun Ilbo before enlisting in the army in 1949 as an information and education officer.
He made his literary debut in 1955 with the publication of his story "Ghost" (Gwisin).
[4] The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarized Seonu Hwi's work: