Lee Hoesung
Japanese Zainichi Korean novelist · South Korea · On the map · Writers · Lived 1935 to 2025 · aged 89
Lee Hoesung was a Japanese Zainichi Korean novelist. He wrote under the pen name Ri Kaisei, the Japanese reading of his Korean name. In 1972, he became the first ethnic Korean to win the Akutagawa Prize for his story "The Woman Who Fulled Clothes".
Lee Hoesung is read about 32 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 September 2026
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2025Died5 January 20251994Noma Literary PrizeAward1972Akutagawa PrizeAward1969Gunzou Prize for New WritersAward1935Born26 February 1935
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About this person
Other representative works of his include Mihatenu Yume and Hyakunen no tabibitotachi.
Country
South Korea
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1935 to 2025 · aged 89
