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Lee Hoesung

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Korean novelist

South KoreaWritersLived 1935 to 2025 · aged 89
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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".

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Awards 3

1994Noma Literary Prize
1972Akutagawa Prize
1969Gunzou Prize for New Writers

Connected to Lee 6

Shigeharu NakanoAlso won Noma Literary PrizeLi KotomiAlso won Gunzou Prize for New WritersYoshie HottaAlso won Akutagawa PrizeLee Yang-jiAlso won Akutagawa PrizeNobuo KojimaAlso won Noma Literary PrizeMinako ŌbaAlso won Gunzou Prize for New Writers

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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". 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
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7 languages

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