Ida Daussy | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | South Korea (1996–present) |
Occupation(s) | Professor of French language and culture |
Employer | Sookmyung Women's University |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 서혜나 |
Revised Romanization | Seo Hye-na |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Hyena |
Transcription of French name | |
Hangul | 이다 도시 |
Revised Romanization | Ida Dosi |
McCune–Reischauer | Ida Tosi |
Ida Daussy (born 13 July 1969), also known by her Korean name Seo Hye-na, is a South Korean celebrity. Born in France, she came to South Korea in the 1990s and is currently a professor at the Department of French Language & Culture of Sookmyung Women's University.[1] She received a presidential citation in 2005 by the South Korean government.[2] Her television work turned her into a "household name" in South Korea.[3]
Daussy, a native of Fécamp, studied international business at the University of Le Havre.[4][5] She came to South Korea on an exchange programme during her postgraduate studies in 1991, and married a man from Gyeongsang in 1993.[4][6] She naturalised as a South Korean citizen after the marriage. The couple had two children, and divorced in 2009.[5] She has registered the hangul transcription of her original French surname as her legal Korean surname.[7]