Sunwoo Hwi


Sunwoo Hwi was a modern South Korean author and novelist.

Life

Sunwoo Hwi was born on January 3, 1922 in Chongju, Pyeonganbuk-do, Korea. A writer poet, journalist, soldier and philosopher he also fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952. poet, journalist, soldier and philosopher. He was a famous realist and anticommunist writer and journalist. 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".

Work

The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarized Hwi's work:

Works in Translation