Na Hye-sok, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Na Hye-sok

writer and painter from Korea

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1896

Place of Birth: Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1948

Profession: writer, poet, politician, painter, journalist, philosopher

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Na Hyeseok (Korean: ???; Hanja: ???, 28 April 1896 – 10 December 1948) was a Korean feminist, poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist.
Her pen name was Jeongwol (Hangul: ??, ??).
She was a pioneering Korean feminist writer and painter.
She was the first female professional painter and the first feminist writer in Korea.
She created some of the earliest Western-style paintings in Korea, and published feminist novels and short stories.
She became well known as a feminist with her criticism against the marital institution in the early 20th century.