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This is a list of Korean-language poets Twentieth-century poets. Alphabetical list. A. An Heon-mi (born 1972) B. Baek Seok (1912–1996) Bok Koh-il ...
Poetry is quite popular in 21st century Korea, both in terms of number of works published and lay writing. A corpus of modern Korean poetry is being compiled. The work provides linguistic information on 10,300 original Korean poems. [2]
Kim Sowol (Korean: 김소월; 1902–1934) was a Korean language poet famous for his contributions to early modern poetry. [1] Throughout his life he wrote his poignant poetry in a style reminiscent of traditional Korean folk songs. The most prized example of this style was "Azaleas (진달래꽃)", the title poem of his sole collection of poetry.
Yun Dong-ju or Yoon Dong-ju (Korean: 윤동주, Korean pronunciation: [jundoŋdʑu]; 30 December 1917 – 16 February 1945) was a Korean poet. He is known for his lyric poetries and for his poems dedicated to the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan. Yun was born in Longing, Jilin, China. [1]
In 1986 the journal Poet dedicated an issue to "classic" Korean sijo translated into English by Korean-American Kim Unsong (aka William Kim). This was followed by Kim's Classical Korean Poems (Sijo) in 1987, Sijo by Korean Poets in China , and Poems of Modern Sijo (a collection of his originals) in the mid-1990s.
Hwang Jini or Hwang Jin-yi (Korean: 황진이; 1506–1567), also known by her kisaeng name Myeongwol ("bright moon", 명월), was one of the most famous kisaeng of the Joseon period. She lived during the reign of King Jungjong. She was noted for her exceptional beauty, charming quick wit, extraordinary intellect, and her assertive and ...
He spent most of his 85 years in his rustic country home, contemplating the nature of life, teaching and writing poetry. [1] [2] Yun is considered the greatest master of the sijo form in Korean literature. [3] His most famous composition is The Fisherman's Calendar (어부사시사, 1651) [4] a cycle of forty seasonal sijo.
Cho Ki-chon (Korean: 조기천; 6 November 1913 – 31 July 1951) was a Russian-born North Korean poet. He is regarded as a national poet [5] and "founding father of North Korean poetry" [6] whose distinct Soviet-influenced style of lyrical epic poetry in the socialist realist genre became an important feature of North Korean literature.