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Into the Ground

About the E-Books

Author
Cho Myunghee
Co-Author
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Translator
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Publisher
Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published Year
2014
Country
SOUTH KOREA (Seoul)
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945

Original Title
땅 속으로
Romanization of Original
Ttang sogeuro
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9788993360684
Page
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Series
20th Century Korean Literature

About the Author

  • Cho Myung-hee
  • Birth : 1894 ~ 1938
  • Occupation : Poet
  • First Name : Myung-hee
  • Family Name : Cho
  • Korean Name : 조명희
  • ISNI : 0000000022626195
  • Works : 13
About the Original Work
  • 땅 속으로
  • Author : Cho Myung-hee
  • Published Year : 1925
  • English Title : Into the Ground
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

Cho Myung-hee (1894 – 1938) was born in 1894 in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province. His pen name was Poseok. He graduated from Jungang High School in Seoul and studied philosophy at Toyo University in Japan. He first established himself as an author in 1925 with the publication of “Into the Ground” in Gaebyeok magazine, and published his most representative short story “The Nakdong River” (1927) in Joseonjigwang magazine. In 1934, he served as an executive of the Far East chapter of the Soviet Union of Writers and also published his epic poem, “Goryeo Trampled.” He was arrested by the Soviet military police in 1937 and deported to Tashkent in Uzbekistan. In 1938, he was reportedly executed by firing squad at a Khabarovsk prison.