황진
In 1993, he published his most successful work, "Northeaster", an epic novel. In 2002, he published "Hwang Jin-i" (), a historical novel set in the sixteenth century, which depicts courtesan Hwang Jin-i's discovery of the people's starvation and encounters with corrupt officials. "Hwang Jin-i" was awarded South Korea's Manhae Literary Prize () in 2005 - the first time it had been awarded to a North Korean writer. An excerpt from the novel was translated into English and published by Words Without Borders (WWB) in "Literature from the "Axis of Evil"" in 2006.