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Lee Hee-seung (, June 9, 1896 – November 27, 1989) was a Korean linguist, poet, and essayist. His courtesy name was Seongse (聖世); his pen name was Ilseok (一石).

History Born in Poil-ri, Uigok-myeon, Gwangju-gun, Joseon (now Poil-dong, Uiwang, South Korea), he passed through Gaepung-gun and spent his early childhood in Siheung-gun. While working with the Korean Language Society, he was imprisoned in 1942 for the Korean Language Society Incident, an incident in which the Japanese government suppressed the members of the Korean Language Society through torture and imprisonment, and he also recalled the experience of being tortured. After liberation, he worked as a professor at Seoul National University, wrote Korean linguistics, and compiled a Korean dictionary.

In particular, Lee Hee-seung's Korean grammatical system, together with Choi Hyeon-bae's grammatical system, formed an important basis for the description of Korean linguistic grammar. Additionally, his 《Korean Language Dictionary, (257,854 words) published in 1961, is considered a great achievement of the Korean language .

For 20 years from 1968, he contributed to the honoring of Dangun as the chairman of the , and as the chairman of the Korean Language Education Research Association for 19 years from 1969, while striving for the right direction and correction of language education, he was inaugurated as the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at Dankook University, compiled a dictionary of Korean and Korean history, and served as chairman of the Hyeonjeonghoe and advisor to the Liberation Society.

Early life Born the eldest son of Lee Jong-shik in Poil-ri, Uigok-myeon (now Uiwang), Gwangju-gun, Gyeonggi Province, Hee-seung Lee spent his childhood in Gaepung-gun, Gyeonggi Province and Siheung-gun, Gyeonggi Province. From 1903 to 1908, he studied Chinese literature at a private school.

Language Studies In 1923, he passed the entrance exam for a vocational school again, graduated from Yonhee College in 1925, and then in 1927, he completed the preparatory course at Keijō Imperial University and graduated.

He died on November 27, 1989, at the age of 94, and is buried in Seonyeong, Munbong-ri, Byeokje-myeon, Goyang-gun, Gyeonggi-do (now Munbong-dong, Ilsandong District, Goyang). The area of grammar was presented in three parts: general discourse, parts of speech, and writing. In In our language (; 1937) by Choi Hyeon-bae, the areas of grammar were Sorigal (音聲學), Ssigall (詞論), and (Writing) Wolgal (文章).

Establishment of Ilseok Korean Linguistics Award After graduating from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Gyeongseong Imperial University, Ilseok, who taught at Ewha Women's Jeon, was arrested in 1942 for the Joseon Language Society Incident and served three years in prison until Japan was defeated.

After liberation, he became a professor at Seoul National University's Munri University, and together with Choi Hyeon-bae (at Yonsei University), they became the major scholars of Korean language.

Ilseok established the theoretical basis for the unification of orthography, established a Korean grammar system, and compiled a dictionary of the Korean language.

Ilseok left behind collections of essays Dumb cold heart , Blind man's sleep talking , Meddling in the words of an eating chu , and the poetry collections Park Flower and Fragments of the Heart .

Annals

1971 Inaugurated as Director of Oriental Studies Research Center at Dankook University 1968 Vice President of Academy of Sciences elected 1969 Inaugurated as chair professor and dean of graduate school at Sungkyunkwan University 1965 Inaugurated as Dean of Graduate School of Daegu University 1963 Inaugurated as president of Dong-A Ilbo 1962 Honorary professor at Seoul National University Retired from Seoul National University in 1961 1957 Inaugurated as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Seoul National University 1954 Lifetime member of the Korean Academy of Sciences 1952 Appointed Vice President of Seoul National University Graduate School 1945 Inaugurated as a professor at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Seoul National University 1932 Appointed secretary of the Joseon Language Society and director of the Korean Language Society 1932 Inaugurated as a professor at Ewha Women's College 1930 Participated in the drafting of the Korean spelling unification plan and the foreign language transcription law Member of the Korean Language Society in 1930

Education

Graduated from private school in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do Transferred from Department of English at Hanseong Foreign Language School Gyeongseong High School Completion Gyeongseong Yangjeong High School Completion Gyeongseong Jungdong High School Completion Dropped out of Gyeongseong Jungang High School Graduated from Gyeongseong YMCA English School Gyeongseong Yeonhee College, Department of Mathematical Science, Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Korean Language at Gyeongseong Imperial University Master of Humanities, Department of Linguistics, Graduate School, Tokyo Imperial University, Japan Doctor of Literature, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Graduate School, Seoul National University

Awards

1957 Academic Achievement Award 1960 Seoul Educational Achievement Award 1962 National Order of Merit, Independence Medal 1962 Academic Achievement Award 1978 Inchon Cultural Award Upon his death in 1989, he was awarded the National Mugunghwa Medal

Books

1996 The Life of a Seonbi with Disappearance 1975 Eater's Interfering with Horses 1962 Blind Man's Sleep Talk 1961 Poetry 'Fragments of the Heart' 1956 Dumb cold heart 1947 Poetry collection 'Park Flower'