Lee Hoesung
Lee Hoesung (李恢成) | |
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| Born | February 26, 1935 Maoka, Karafuto, Empire of Japan (present-day Kholmsk, Sakhalin, Russia) |
| Died | January 5, 2025 (aged 89) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Notable works | Hyakunen no tabibitotachi (百年の旅人たち; Travellers of a Hundred Years) |
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| Hangul | 이회성 | ||||||
| Hanja | 李恢成 | ||||||
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Lee Hoesung (Korean: 이회성; February 26, 1935 – January 5, 2025) 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" (Kinuta wo utsu onna). Other representative works of his include Mihatenu Yume (見果てぬ夢; Unfulfilled Dream) and Hyakunen no tabibitotachi (百年の旅人たち; Travellers of a Hundred Years).