Na Hye-sok

Na Hye- sok ( born April 18, 1896 in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do; † 10 December 1948 in Seoul) was a Korean poet and writer, painter and feminist philosopher.

Life

Na Hye- sok was born as the fourth child of a wealthy family. Na graduated at the top of their class at the High School for Girls Myeong Jin in 1913. Encouraged by her brother, Na studied in Tokyo at a Women's Art College Western painting.

Na Hye- sok is considered a pioneer of Korean- feminist writing and painting. Her most important work written the short story Kyonghui counts ( Hangul: 경희 ) which was published in 1918. It discovered a woman himself and then searches for meaning in life as a "new woman." This was the first feminist short story in the Korean literature.

Publications

  • Na Hye- sok Jeonjip ( 나혜석 전집 ,罗蕙锡 全集)
  • Go on a honeymoon, the tomb of first love ( 첫사랑 의 무덤 으로 신혼 여행 을 가다 )
  • Divorce testimony ( 이혼 고백서 ,离婚 告白 书)
  • Na Hye- sok Works Collection ( 나혜석 작품집 )
  • Gyunghee ( 경희 )
  • Jeongsun ( 정순 )
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