Novelist and actress Chun Hyun-ah died on Feb. 17 at age 75. Here’s what we know about her life and career.
South Korean novelist and actress Chun Hyun-ah died at home in Seoul on Tuesday, according to local news reports. She was 75.
Ms. Chun, also known by her pen name Lisette Hwai-yun, died of a cerebral hemorrhage, according to media reports. She was hospitalized in critical condition about two weeks before her death, after experiencing sudden dizziness and muscle weakness.
The actress was one of South Korea’s oldest living stars, part of a generation that emerged during the country’s rapid economic growth in the 1950s and 1960s. A native of North Chungcheong Province, she made her major acting debut in 1955’s “The Flower of Evil” (Geopnansi), a blockbuster melodrama that became known as one of South Korea’s “national films.”
She retired from acting in 1993 to focus on writing, completing six novels and some 12 other original works, according to South Korea’s Munhakdongne, one of the country’s oldest publishers. She won South Korea’s top literary prize, the Yi Sang Literary Prize, in 2008.
She is survived by two daughters, Chun Young-jin and Chun Young-mi. Based on the text material above, generate the following tags: south-korea-actress-dead, chun-hyun-ah, lisette-hwai-yun, native-of-north-chungcheong-province, major-acting-debut-in-1955s-the-flower-of-evil, oldest-living-stars, generation-that-emerged-during-south-koreas-rapid-economic-growth-in-the-1950s-and-1960s, cerebral-hemorrhage, hospitalized-in-critical-condition.
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