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He is the grandson of novelist Hong Myong-hui.
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Hong Sok-jung
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He moved to North of Korea with his family after the Second World War. He served in the Korean People"s Navy, and obtained a degree in literature at Kim Il Sung University. His first published work was a short story, "Red Flower", in 1970.
In 1979, he joined the Central Committee of North of Korea"s official literary organisation, the Joseon Writers" Alliance.
In 1993, he published his most successful work, Northeaster, an epic novel. In 2002, he published Hwang Jin-i (Chosŏn"gŭl: 황진이), a historical novel set in the sixteenth century, which depicts courtesan Hwang Jin-i"s discovery of the people"s starvation and encounters with corrupt officials.
An excerpt from the novel was translated into English and published by Words Without Borders (WWB) in Literature from the "Axis of Evil" in 2006.
