Korean novelistsJapanese colonial periodJournalists

Hyun Jin-geon

玄鎭健1900 - 1943Novelist, essayist, journalist, independence activist

Hyun Jin-geon, known by the pen name Bingheo, was a modern Korean novelist and journalist. His realist stories, including A Lucky Day, The Poor Wife, and Society That Drives You to Drink, depict life under colonial Korea.

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Hyun Jin-geon

Awards

Presidential Commendation, 2005

Activity

He worked as a journalist for newspapers including Dong-A Ilbo and wrote short and long fiction. His work helped shape realist fiction in the 1920s and portrayed social hardship and individual tragedy.

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