Choi Chung-Hui
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Choe Chung-Hui (崔貞熙, 1912–1990) was a Korean writer. Along with Kang Kyeong-ae[1] and Ji Ha-ryun[2], she is categorized as the second generation group of women writers in the history of the modern Korean literature. Since her debut in 1931 with the publication of her short story "Jeongdanghan seupai (정당한 스파이, The Righteous Spy)" in the magazine Samcheolli, She had continued to write for no less than half a century as one of the most prominent women writers of the country, until her last work "Hwatugi (화투기, Story of Playing Hwatu)" came out in 1980 in the literary journal Hyundae Munhak. The source of her writing, which views the world from the perspective of a woman, is her consciousness as a woman, and her major work is the Maek triology, "Jimaek (지맥, The Energy of Land)," "Inmaek (The Energy of People)," and "Cheonmaek (천맥, The Energy of Sky)," published in 1939, 1940, and 1941, respectively. She won the Seoul Special City Culture Awards (서울특별시문화상), the Literature Award for Best Woman Writer (여류문학상), and the National Academy of Arts Award for Best Literary Work (대한민국예술원 문학부문 작품상).
