Na Hye sok

Na Hyeseok was a Korean feminist, poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. Her pen name was Jeongwol . 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 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.

Na HyeSok was born in 1896 in Suwon as the fourth child of a wealthy family. She was called Agi and Myeongsun in her childhood. Hyesok is the name given to her when she started attending Jin Myeong Girls High School. Na demonstrated her artistic talent from an early age and graduated at the top of her class at Jin Myeong Girls High School in 1913.

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