Hong Myong-hui

For the female footballer, see Hong Myong-hui (footballer).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Hong.
Hong Myong-hui
Chosŏn'gŭl 홍명희
Hancha 洪命熹
Revised Romanization Hong Myeong-hui
McCune–Reischauer Hong Myŏng-hŭi
Pen name
Chosŏn'gŭl 벽초
Hancha 碧初
Revised Romanization Byeok-cho
McCune–Reischauer Pyŏk-ch'o

Hong Myong-hui (Hangul: 홍명희; Hanja: 洪命熹; July 3, 1888 – March 5, 1968) was a Korean novelist during the colonial period, and then a North Korean novelist.

He was born in Dongbu-ri, Goesan county, Chungcheongbuk-do where he took part in the 3.1 Movement in 1919. For a while in the 1920s, he served as an editor of the Donga Ilbo. After the Korean War he occupied various important positions in the DPRK.

He is buried in the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery in Hyongjesan-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. His grandson, Hong Sok-jung, is also a well known North Korean author.

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