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This is a list of Korean-language poets.


Twentieth-century poets


Alphabetical list


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Baek Seok Baek Seok (born Paek Ki-haeng; July 1, 1912 - January 7, 1996) was a Korean poet. He was born in Chŏngju in North Pyongan, and started his journalist career at ''Chosun Ilbo'' in 1934. He published his first poem "Chŏngju Fortress" (정주 ...
(1912-1996) * Bok Koh-il (born 1946)


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Chae Ho-ki Chae Ho-ki (Hangul: 채호기) is a modern South Korean poet. Life Chae Ho-ki was born on October 13, 1957 in Daegu, South Korea and published his first poem in 1988 and since that time has been considered by South Korean critics as one of the ...
(born 1957) * Cheon Sang-byeong (1930-1993) *
Cheon Yang-hee Cheon Yanghui (, born January 21, 1942) is a South Korean poet, best known for her poetry collection ''Sorghum Field of the Heart'' (, 1994). Life Cheon Yanghui was born in Busan on 21 January 1942 as the youngest of seven children. Through ...
(born 1942) *
Cheong Chi-yong Jeong Ji-yong, often romanized in literature as Cheong Chi-yong (; 20 June 1902 – 1950), was a Korean poet and translator of English poetry who "opened a new horizon of poetic possibilities through chiselled expression, tempered sentiments, ...
(1902~1950) *
Cho Byung-hwa Cho Byung-Hwa (May 2, 1921 – March 8, 2003) was a major South Korean poet, critic and essayist, known for the accessibility of his writing. As well as his work as a writer and academic, he was also an amateur athlete and painter. Life Cho Byun ...
(1921-2003) * Cho Chi-hun (1920-1968) * Cho Chung-kwon (born 1949) *
Choi Jeong-rye Choe Jeongrye () (1955 – 16 January 2021) was a modern South Korean poet."박상순" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Choe Jeongrye was born in 1955 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do. She graduated with a doctorat ...
(born 1955) *
Choi Nam-son Choe Nam-seon (April 26, 1890 – October 10, 1957), also known by the Japanese pronunciation of his name Sai Nanzen, was a prominent modern Korean historian, pioneering poet, and publisher, and a leading member of the Korean independence movemen ...
(1890-1957) *
Choi Seung-ho Choi Seung-Ho () is identified as a Korean ecopoet. His publications also include children's poetry. He was born in the small rural village of Chungcheong, Gangwon Province, in 1954, and taught for many years in an elementary school in the cou ...
(born 1954) *
Choi Young-mi Choe Yeongmi (; born September 25, 1961) is a South Korean poet and novelist and one of the figureheads of the MeToo movement in Korea, most widely recognized for her poetry collection ''At Thirty, the Party Is Over'' (1994). Life Born in Seo ...
(born 1961) *
Chu Yo-han Chu Yo-han (5 December 1900 – 17 November 1979) was a twentieth-century Korean poet, journalist, businessman and politician."Joo Yohan" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: He came from the Shinan Chu clan (신 ...
(1900-1979)


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Do Jong-hwan Do Jong-hwan (도종환) (born 27 September 1955) is a Korean poet and politician. He is a member of the South Korean National Assembly and former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. He was also the interim president of the Democratic P ...
(born 1954)


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* Gi Hyeong-do (1960-1989) * Go Hyeong-ryeol (born 1954)


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* Ha Seung-moo (born 1963) *
Heo Su-gyeong Heo Su-gyeong (1964 – 3 October 2018)Hong Yun-suk (born 1925) *
Hwang In-suk Hwang In-suk (Hangul: 황인숙) is a South Korean poet.”Hwang In-suk " LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Hwang In-suk was born December 21, 1958 in Seoul, South Korea. She debuted in 1984 with the poem ...
(born 1958) * Hwang Tong gyu (born 1938) * Hwang Ji-U (born 1952)


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Jang Cheol-mun Jang Chealmun (the romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea) (born 1966), is a South Korean poet and writer of children's literature. He was born in Jangsu, Jeollabuk-do, and graduated from Yonsei University for Korean Litera ...
(born 1966) *
Jang Jeong-il Jang Jeongil is a South Korean poet, playwright, and novelist. Life Jang Jeongil was born in Dalseong, Daegu, South Korea in 1962. He embarked on his literary career in 1984 when four of his poems including “Gangjeong ganda” were publish ...
(born 1962) * Jang Seok Nam (1965) * Jeong Ho-seung (born 1950) * Jeong Ji-yong often romanized in literature as Cheong Chi-yong (정지용) (1902~1950) * Jo Ki-chon (1913–1951) *
Jon Kyongnin Jon Kyongnin is a Korean author best known for her poetry on the theme of sexuality. Life Jon Kyongnin was born in 1962 and earned her degree in German Literature from Kyungnam University in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do. She debuted in 1995 wh ...
(born 1962)


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Kang Eun-gyo Kang Eun-gyo is a South Korean poet and Professor Emerita at Dong-a University. Life Kang Eungyo was born on December 13, 1945 in Hongwon, Hamgyeongnam-do. She was raised in Seoul, and graduated from Gyeonggi Girls’ Middle School and Gyeong ...
(born 1945) *
Kim Chunsu Kim Chunsu (; November 25, 1922 – November 29, 2004) was one of the leading South Korean poets of the late twentieth century."Kim Chunsu" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# H ...
(1922–2004) * Kim Eon (born 1973) * Kim Gi-taek (born 1957) * Kim Gu-yong (Kim Kku; 1922–2001) *
Kim Haengsook Kim Haengsook (Hangul 김행숙; born 1970) is a South Korean poet. Life Kim Haengsook was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1970. She studied Korean language education at Korea University, where she also earned her master's and doctoral degree i ...
(born 1970) *
Kim Hu-ran Kim Hu-ran ( ko, 김후란) is a Korean poet. Life Also known as Hyeongdeok, the poet was born in Seoul on December 26, 1934. Her professional career has been in journalism; she served as a reporter then as editorial writer for various major n ...
(born 1934) *
Kim Hyesoon Kim Hyesoon () is a South Korean poet. Life Kim Hyesoon was born in Uljin County, North Gyeongsang Province. She was raised by her grandmother and had tuberculous pleurisy as a child. She received her Ph.D. in Korean literature from Konkuk ...
(born 1955) * Kim Jeong-hwan (born 1954) *
Kim Jong-chul Kim Jong-chul (; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il. His younger brother is current Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. His older half-brother Kim Jong-nam was assas ...
(born 1947) *
Kim Jonghae Kim Jong-hae (born July 23, 1941) is a Korean author, ex-sailor, and publisher. Life Kim was born in Busan, South Korea. He was a founding member of the journal Sinnyeondae, a member of the journal Modern Poetry (Hyeondaesi) and also participa ...
(born 1941) *
Kim Jong-gil Kim Jong-gil (Hangul: 김종길; November 5, 1926 – April 1, 2017) was an early-modern South Korean poet. Life Kim Jong-gil was born on November 5, 1926, in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. and graduated from Korea University with undergradu ...
(born 1926) * Kim Kyungrin (1918–2006) *
Kim Kwang-kyu Kim Kwang-kyu (born January 7, 1941) is a South Korean poet and translator."김광규 " biographical PDF available at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Kim was born in Seoul and studied German language and literature at Seoul Nationa ...
(born 1941) * Kim Kwang-lim (born 1929) *
Kim Kirim Kim Kirim (Korean: 김기림; Hanja: 金起林; May 11, 1908 – ?) was a Korean poet and literary critic who represented Korean modernist literature in the 1930s. Kim wrote monumental poems such as “The Weather Chart” (1936), “Wind Speed o ...
(1908-?) * Kim Kyung-ju (born 1976) * Kim Myeong-in (born 1946) * Kim Myeong-sun (1896–1951) *
Kim Nam-jo Kim Namjo is a Korean poet. Life Kim Namjo was born on September 25, 1927, in Daegu, South Korea. She attended a girls' school in Kyushu, Japan, and graduated from Seoul National University's College of Education in 1951 with a degree in K ...
(born 1927) * Kim Sa-in (born 1956) * Kim Sang-ok (1920–2004) *
Kim Sinyong Kim Sin Yong (The romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea or Hangul: 김신용) is a South Korean writer. Life Kim Sin Yong was born on April first, 1945 in Busan, Korea. Kim's early life was difficult as he was exposed to ...
(born 1945) * Kim Seon-wu (born 1970) *
Kim Seung-hee Kim Seunghui is a South Korean poet, essayist, and novelist. Life Kim was born in Gwangju on March 1, 1952. She graduated from Chon-nam Girls' High School. She majored in English Literature at Sogang University in Seoul, Korea from which she ...
(born 1952) *
Kim Soo-young Kim Suyeong was a Korean poet. Life Kim Soo-young (1921–1968) was a Korean poet and translator whose poetry explored love and freedom as poetic and political ideals. Kim was born in Gwancheol-dong, Seoul on November 27, 1921. After gradua ...
(1921–1968) *
Kim Sowol Kim Sowol ( ko, 김소월; 1902–1934) was a Korean language poet famous for his contributions to early modern poetry. Throughout his life he wrote his poignant poetry in a style reminiscent of traditional Korean folk songs. The most prized ex ...
(1902–1934) *
Kim Su-yeong Kim Suyeong was a Korean poet. Life Kim Soo-young (1921–1968) was a Korean poet and translator whose poetry explored love and freedom as poetic and political ideals. Kim was born in Gwancheol-dong, Seoul on November 27, 1921. After gradua ...
(1921–1968) * Kim Yeong-hyeon (born 1955) *
Kim Young-moo Kim Young-moo (김영무, 1944 – 26 November 2001) was a South Korean poet, literary critic and translator born in Paju Paju () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Paju was made a city in 1997; it had previously been a county (''gun' ...
(1944–2001) * Kim Youngtae (1936–2007)Apart from working as a poet, dance critic, and painter, Kim Youngtae also actively worked as a music and theatre critic. He first began his career as a critic as a music critic. He was enormously interested in classical music and had a collection of over 1,400 LPs. In 1967, he established a music fan club organization and actively participated in addition to writing his own collection of music criticism. In 1966, he participated in the ''Jayu geukjang'' (Freedom Theatre) collective and was active as a theatre critic for around ten years. See the Naver Encyclopedia of Korean Culture’s entry on Kim Youngtae. https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2459866&cid=46666&categoryId=46666 Lee, Junsam, and Juyeong Lee. “Kim Youngtae: A ‘Full Range Artist’ That Encompasses Diverse Genres.” ''Yonhap News'', 12 July 2007. https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=001&aid=0001694234 * Kim Yeong-nang (1903–1950) *
Kwak Jae-gu Kwak Jae-gu is a South Korean modern poet. Life Kwak Jaegu was born in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do in 1954. He graduated from Chonnam National University. After his poem (At Sapyeong Station) won a literary contest sponsored by the JoongAng Ilbo i ...
(born 1954) * Ko Chang-soo (born 1934) *
Ko Un Ko Un (born 1 August 1933) is a South Korean poet whose works have been translated and published in more than fifteen countries. He had been imprisoned many times due to his role in the campaign for Korean democracy and was later mentioned in K ...
(born 1933) * Ko Hyeong-ryeol (born 1954) *
Ku Sang Ku Sang (born and died in Seoul; September 16, 1919 - May 11, 2004) was a Korean poet, considered one of Korea's most respected and trusted poets. Life Ku Sang was raised in Wonsan, in South Hamgyeong Province which is now situated in Nort ...
(1919–2004)


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* Lee Hae-in (born 1945) *
Lee Hyeonggi Lee Hyeonggi (Hangul: 이형기; January 6, 1933 – February 2, 2005) was a modern South Korean poet."Lee Hyeonggi" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Lee Hyeonggi was born ...
(1933–2005) *
Lee Hye-gyeong Lee Hye-gyeong (; born 1960) is a South Korean writer who has published three collections of works and received multiple awards. Life In her first year of university, Lee was exposed to national political controversies including pictures from ...
(1960) *
Lee Jangwook Lee Jangwook (Hangul: 이장욱) is a South Korean poet, novelist, and critic. Life Born in Seoul, Korea in 1968, Lee Jangwook majored in Russian literature the undergraduate and graduate school levels at Korea University. He has worked as an e ...
(1968) * Lee Seong-bok (1952) *
Lee SungBoo Lee SungBoo (His preferred Romanization according to LTI Korea from the Hangul: 이성부) was a South Korean poet and novelist.Lee SungBoo" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Li ...
(1942–2012) *
Lee Yuksa Yi Won-rok (May 18, 1904 – January 16, 1944), better known by his pen name Yi Yuksa, was a Korean poet and independence activist. As one of his country's most famous poets, he and his works symbolize the spirit of the anti-Japanese resis ...
(1904–1944) * Lee Yuntaek (born 1952) * Lee Ze-ha (born 1937)


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* Ma Jonggi (born 1939) * Manhae en_name_of_Han_Yong-un.html" ;"title="Han_Yong-un.html" ;"title="en name of Han Yong-un">en name of Han Yong-un">Han_Yong-un.html" ;"title="en name of Han Yong-un">en name of Han Yong-un(1879–1944) *
Moon Chung-hee Mun Jeonghui is a South Korean poet. Life Mun Jeonghui was born in Boseong, Jeollanam-do, Korea on May 25, 1947. She attended Jinmyeong Girls' High School, majored in Korean Literature at Dongguk University, and completed her graduate studie ...
(born 1947) * Moh Yoon-sook (1910–1990) *
Moon Deoksu Moon Deoksu (; December 8, 1928 – March 13, 2020) was a South Korean poet. Life Moon Deoksu was born December 8, 1928 in Haman South Gyeongsang Province, Korea. Moon graduated from Hongik University Hongik University (, colloquially '' ...
(born 1928) * Moon Taejun (born 1970)


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Noh Cheonmyeong Noh Cheonmyeong (; September 2, 1912 – December 10, 1957) was an early-modern South Korean poet. Biography Noh Cheonmyeong was born on September 2, 1912, in Kōkai-dō, Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, Empire of Japan. In 1934 Noh graduate ...
(1912-1957)


O

* Oh Kyu Won (1947–2007) *
Oh Sae-Young O Seyeong (, born 2 May 1942) is a South Korean poet, critic, educator, and professor at Seoul National University. He has been awarded the Korean Poets’ Association Prize, the Nokwon Literary Award, the Cheong Chi-Yong Literature Prize, th ...
(born 1942) *
Oh Takbeon Oh Takbeon (Hangul: 오탁번; 3 July 1943 – 15 February 2023) was a South Korean writer, poet, and critic. Life Oh Takbeon was born 3 July 1943, in Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. He attended Korea University, where he studied Korean l ...
(born 1943)


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Pak Tu-jin Pak Dujin (, 10 March 1916 – 16 September 1998) was a Korean poet. A voluminous writer of nature poetry, Pak Dujin is chiefly notable for the way he turned his subjects into symbols of the newly emerging national situation of Korea in the seco ...
(1916–1998) * Park Hee-Jin (1931–2015) * Park In-hwan (1926–1956) *
Park Jaesam Park Jaesam (Hangul: 박재삼) was a Korean poet. Life Park Jaesam was born on April 10, 1933, in Japan. Park attended Korea University, but dropped out. He worked as a reporter for the Daehan-Ilbo and an Editor of the Hyundai Munhak-sa. In ...
(1933–1997) *
Park Jeong-dae Park Jeong-dae (born November 9, 1965) (Hangul: 박정대) is a South Korean writer. Life Park Jeong-dae was born in 1965 in Jeongsan Gangwon-do, South Korea. He is a member of the poetic group the "International radical poetry" group. Hwang ...
(born 1965) *
Park Nam-su Park Nam-su (Hangul: 박남수) was a South Korean poet. Life Park Nam-su was born on April 3, 1918 in Pyeongyang, Pyeongannam-do, in Japanese-occupied Korea. Park graduated from Chuo University, Tokyo, in 1941. after graduating from Pyeongyang ...
(1918–1994) *
Park Mok-wol Pak Mok-wol (, 6 January 1916 – 24 March 1978) was an influential Korean poet and academic. Personal life He was born Pak Yeongjong on January 6, 1916, in Moryang Village, Seo-myeon, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, in present-day South ...
(1916–1978) *
Ynhui Park Park Ynhui (born February 26, 1930) is a South Korean poet and writer who publishes under the name Park Yeemun in Korean. Life Park was born in 1930 and graduated from Seoul National University with an undergraduate degree in French literature. ...
(born 1930) *
Park Yong-rae Park Yong-rae (Hangul: 박용래; Hanja: 朴龍來; August 14, 1925—November 21, 1980) was a South Korean poet. Life Park was born on August 14, 1925 in Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do Korea and died November 21, 1980. He graduated from the Ganggye ...
(1925–1980) * Park Young-geun (1958-2006)


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Ra Hee-Duk Na Huideok (, born 1966) is a South Korean poet. Life Na Huideok was born in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province. She was raised in an orphanage in which her parents - Christians who sought to carry out the teachings of their religion through c ...
(born 1966)


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* Seo Jeong-ju ("
Midang Seo Jeong-ju (May 18, 1915 – December 24, 2000) was a Korean poet and university professor who wrote under the pen name Midang ( "not yet fully grown"). He is widely considered one of the best poets in twentieth-century Korean literature a ...
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Seung-Moo Ha Ha Seung-moo (born October 13, 1963; also spelled Ha Seung moo) is a South Korean poet, Presbyterian minister, seminary professor, and theologian. Early life Ha was born on February 5, 1964 in Sacheon, South Korea. Ha is the grandson of Si ...
(born 1964) *
Shin Kyeong-nim Shin Kyeong-nim (Hangul: 신경림) is a South Korean writer who is known as a "poet of the people" Life Shin Kyeong-nim was born on April 6, 1936 in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. When he was young, Shin Kyong-rim frequented the peo ...
(born 1936) *
Shin Yong-Mok Shin Yong-Mok (Hangul: 신용목) is a South Korean poet. Life Shin Yong-Mok was born in Geochang, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea in 1974. Shin entered college by which time he was already writing poetry. He was elected student body president and imm ...
(born 1974) * Sung Chan-gyeong (1930–2013)


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Wonhyo Won Hyo (617 – April 28, 686) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. Essence-Function (), a key concept in East Asian Buddhism and particularly Korean Buddhism, was refined in the syncretic ...
(617–686)


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* Yi Geun-hwa (born 1976) * Yi Ho-woo (1912-1970) *
Yi Sang Kim Hae-Gyeong (hangul: 김해경, hanja: 金海卿, September 23, 1910 – April 17, 1937), also known as his pen name Yi Sang (hangul: 이상, hanja: 李箱) was a writer and poet who lived in Korea under Japanese rule. He is well-known fo ...
(1910–1937) * Yi Sang-hwa (1901–1943) * Yu Anjin (born 1941) *
Yu Chi-hwan Yu Chi-hwan (1908–1967), also known by his pen name Cheongma, was a leading twentieth-century Korean poet.”Yoo Chi-hwan" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Yu was born in South Gyeongsang Province. He pu ...
(1908–1967) *
Yoo Yeong Yoo Yeong (Korean: 유영; Hanja: 柳玲; November 24, 1917 – August 25, 2002) was a South Korean literary scholar, translator, and poet. He was a professor at the Department of English Language and Literature of Yonsei University, Yonsei Un ...
(1917-2002) *
Yun Dong-ju Yun Dong-ju or Yoon Dong-ju (, ; December 30, 1917 – February 16, 1945) was a Korean poet born in Longing, Jilin, China,""Yoon Dongju" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: who was known for his lyric poetries as ...
(1917–1945)


Chronological list


1970s

* Yi Geun-hwa (born 1976) * Kim Kyung-ju (born 1976) *
Shin Yong-Mok Shin Yong-Mok (Hangul: 신용목) is a South Korean poet. Life Shin Yong-Mok was born in Geochang, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea in 1974. Shin entered college by which time he was already writing poetry. He was elected student body president and imm ...
(born 1974) * Kim Eon (born 1973) * Kim Seon-wu (born 1970) * Moon Taejun (born 1970) *
Han Kang Han Kang (; born November 27, 1970) is a South Korean writer. She won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2016 for ''The Vegetarian'', a novel about a woman's descent into mental illness and neglect from her family. The novel is ...
(born 1970)


1960s

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Lee Jangwook Lee Jangwook (Hangul: 이장욱) is a South Korean poet, novelist, and critic. Life Born in Seoul, Korea in 1968, Lee Jangwook majored in Russian literature the undergraduate and graduate school levels at Korea University. He has worked as an e ...
(born 1968) *
Ra Hee-Duk Na Huideok (, born 1966) is a South Korean poet. Life Na Huideok was born in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province. She was raised in an orphanage in which her parents - Christians who sought to carry out the teachings of their religion through c ...
(born 1966) *
Jang Cheol-mun Jang Chealmun (the romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea) (born 1966), is a South Korean poet and writer of children's literature. He was born in Jangsu, Jeollabuk-do, and graduated from Yonsei University for Korean Litera ...
(born 1966) *
Park Jeong-dae Park Jeong-dae (born November 9, 1965) (Hangul: 박정대) is a South Korean writer. Life Park Jeong-dae was born in 1965 in Jeongsan Gangwon-do, South Korea. He is a member of the poetic group the "International radical poetry" group. Hwang ...
(born 1965) * Jang Seok Nam (born 1965) *
Seung-Moo Ha Ha Seung-moo (born October 13, 1963; also spelled Ha Seung moo) is a South Korean poet, Presbyterian minister, seminary professor, and theologian. Early life Ha was born on February 5, 1964 in Sacheon, South Korea. Ha is the grandson of Si ...
(born 1964) *
Heo Su-gyeong Heo Su-gyeong (1964 – 3 October 2018)Ha Seung-moo Ha Seung-moo (born October 13, 1963; also spelled Ha Seung moo) is a South Korean poet, Presbyterian minister, seminary professor, and theologian. Early life Ha was born on February 5, 1964 in Sacheon, South Korea. Ha is the grandson of Si ...
(born 1963) *
Jang Jeong-il Jang Jeongil is a South Korean poet, playwright, and novelist. Life Jang Jeongil was born in Dalseong, Daegu, South Korea in 1962. He embarked on his literary career in 1984 when four of his poems including “Gangjeong ganda” were publish ...
(born 1962) *
Jon Kyongnin Jon Kyongnin is a Korean author best known for her poetry on the theme of sexuality. Life Jon Kyongnin was born in 1962 and earned her degree in German Literature from Kyungnam University in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do. She debuted in 1995 wh ...
(born 1962) *
Choi Young-mi Choe Yeongmi (; born September 25, 1961) is a South Korean poet and novelist and one of the figureheads of the MeToo movement in Korea, most widely recognized for her poetry collection ''At Thirty, the Party Is Over'' (1994). Life Born in Seo ...
(born 1961) * Gi Hyeong-do (1960-1989) *
Lee Hye-gyeong Lee Hye-gyeong (; born 1960) is a South Korean writer who has published three collections of works and received multiple awards. Life In her first year of university, Lee was exposed to national political controversies including pictures from ...
(born 1960)


1950s

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Hwang In-suk Hwang In-suk (Hangul: 황인숙) is a South Korean poet.”Hwang In-suk " LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Hwang In-suk was born December 21, 1958 in Seoul, South Korea. She debuted in 1984 with the poem ...
(1958) * Park Young-geun (1958-2006) * Kim Gi-taek (born 1957) *
Chae Ho-ki Chae Ho-ki (Hangul: 채호기) is a modern South Korean poet. Life Chae Ho-ki was born on October 13, 1957 in Daegu, South Korea and published his first poem in 1988 and since that time has been considered by South Korean critics as one of the ...
(born 1957) * Kim Sa-in (born 1956) * Kim Yeong-hyeon (born 1955) *
Choi Jeong-rye Choe Jeongrye () (1955 – 16 January 2021) was a modern South Korean poet."박상순" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Choe Jeongrye was born in 1955 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do. She graduated with a doctorat ...
(born 1955) *
Do Jong-hwan Do Jong-hwan (도종환) (born 27 September 1955) is a Korean poet and politician. He is a member of the South Korean National Assembly and former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. He was also the interim president of the Democratic P ...
(born 1954) * Kim Jeong-hwan (born 1954) *
Kwak Jae-gu Kwak Jae-gu is a South Korean modern poet. Life Kwak Jaegu was born in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do in 1954. He graduated from Chonnam National University. After his poem (At Sapyeong Station) won a literary contest sponsored by the JoongAng Ilbo i ...
(born 1954) * Go Hyeong-ryeol (born 1954) * Lee Seong-bok (born 1952) * Hwang Ji-U (born 1952) *
Kim Seung-hee Kim Seunghui is a South Korean poet, essayist, and novelist. Life Kim was born in Gwangju on March 1, 1952. She graduated from Chon-nam Girls' High School. She majored in English Literature at Sogang University in Seoul, Korea from which she ...
(born 1952) * Lee Yuntaek (born 1952) * Jeong Ho-seung (born 1950)


1940s

* Cho Chung-kwon (born 1949) * Park Hee-Jin (born 1947) *
Kim Jong-chul Kim Jong-chul (; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il. His younger brother is current Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. His older half-brother Kim Jong-nam was assas ...
(born 1947) *
Moon Chung-hee Mun Jeonghui is a South Korean poet. Life Mun Jeonghui was born in Boseong, Jeollanam-do, Korea on May 25, 1947. She attended Jinmyeong Girls' High School, majored in Korean Literature at Dongguk University, and completed her graduate studie ...
(born 1947) * Oh Kyu Won (born 1947) * Bok Koh-il (born 1946) * Kim Myeong-in (born 1946) *
Kim Sinyong Kim Sin Yong (The romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea or Hangul: 김신용) is a South Korean writer. Life Kim Sin Yong was born on April first, 1945 in Busan, Korea. Kim's early life was difficult as he was exposed to ...
(born 1945) *
Kang Eun-gyo Kang Eun-gyo is a South Korean poet and Professor Emerita at Dong-a University. Life Kang Eungyo was born on December 13, 1945 in Hongwon, Hamgyeongnam-do. She was raised in Seoul, and graduated from Gyeonggi Girls’ Middle School and Gyeong ...
(born 1945) * Cheon Sang-byeong (born 1945) *
Kim Young-moo Kim Young-moo (김영무, 1944 – 26 November 2001) was a South Korean poet, literary critic and translator born in Paju Paju () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Paju was made a city in 1997; it had previously been a county (''gun' ...
(1944-2001) *
Oh Takbeon Oh Takbeon (Hangul: 오탁번; 3 July 1943 – 15 February 2023) was a South Korean writer, poet, and critic. Life Oh Takbeon was born 3 July 1943, in Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. He attended Korea University, where he studied Korean l ...
(born 1943) *
Lee Garim Lee Garim (Hangul: 이가림; born 1943) is a South Korean writer. Life Lee Garim was born in Yolha, Manchuria. He graduated from Song Kyun Kwan University and Graduate School with a degree in French Literature. He received his Ph.D. in French ...
(born 1943) *
Lee SungBoo Lee SungBoo (His preferred Romanization according to LTI Korea from the Hangul: 이성부) was a South Korean poet and novelist.Lee SungBoo" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Li ...
(1942-2012) *
Choi Seung-ho Choi Seung-Ho () is identified as a Korean ecopoet. His publications also include children's poetry. He was born in the small rural village of Chungcheong, Gangwon Province, in 1954, and taught for many years in an elementary school in the cou ...
(born 1942) *
Cheon Yang-hee Cheon Yanghui (, born January 21, 1942) is a South Korean poet, best known for her poetry collection ''Sorghum Field of the Heart'' (, 1994). Life Cheon Yanghui was born in Busan on 21 January 1942 as the youngest of seven children. Through ...
(born 1942) * Yu Anjin (born 1941) *
Kim Jonghae Kim Jong-hae (born July 23, 1941) is a Korean author, ex-sailor, and publisher. Life Kim was born in Busan, South Korea. He was a founding member of the journal Sinnyeondae, a member of the journal Modern Poetry (Hyeondaesi) and also participa ...
(born 1941) *
Kim Kwang-kyu Kim Kwang-kyu (born January 7, 1941) is a South Korean poet and translator."김광규 " biographical PDF available at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Kim was born in Seoul and studied German language and literature at Seoul Nationa ...
(born 1941)


1930s

* Hwang Tong gyu (born 1938) * Lee Ze-ha (born 1937) *
Shin Kyeong-nim Shin Kyeong-nim (Hangul: 신경림) is a South Korean writer who is known as a "poet of the people" Life Shin Kyeong-nim was born on April 6, 1936 in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. When he was young, Shin Kyong-rim frequented the peo ...
(born 1936) *
Kim Hu-ran Kim Hu-ran ( ko, 김후란) is a Korean poet. Life Also known as Hyeongdeok, the poet was born in Seoul on December 26, 1934. Her professional career has been in journalism; she served as a reporter then as editorial writer for various major n ...
(born 1934) *
Ko Chang Soo Ko Chang-soo (born December 5, 1934, in Hungnam) is a Korean poet and diplomat. Chang obtained a Doctor of Letters degree from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Korea. He wrote his dissertation on Buddhist thoughts in T. S. Eliot's ''Four Quar ...
(born 1934) *
Park Jaesam Park Jaesam (Hangul: 박재삼) was a Korean poet. Life Park Jaesam was born on April 10, 1933, in Japan. Park attended Korea University, but dropped out. He worked as a reporter for the Daehan-Ilbo and an Editor of the Hyundai Munhak-sa. In ...
(born 1933) *
Ko Un Ko Un (born 1 August 1933) is a South Korean poet whose works have been translated and published in more than fifteen countries. He had been imprisoned many times due to his role in the campaign for Korean democracy and was later mentioned in K ...
(born 1933) *
Lee Hyeonggi Lee Hyeonggi (Hangul: 이형기; January 6, 1933 – February 2, 2005) was a modern South Korean poet."Lee Hyeonggi" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Lee Hyeonggi was born ...
(born 1933) * Cheon Sang-byeong (1930-1993) * Sung Chan-gyeong (1930-2013) *
Ynhui Park Park Ynhui (born February 26, 1930) is a South Korean poet and writer who publishes under the name Park Yeemun in Korean. Life Park was born in 1930 and graduated from Seoul National University with an undergraduate degree in French literature. ...
(born 1930)


1920s

* Kim Gwangrim (born 1929) *
Moon Deoksu Moon Deoksu (; December 8, 1928 – March 13, 2020) was a South Korean poet. Life Moon Deoksu was born December 8, 1928 in Haman South Gyeongsang Province, Korea. Moon graduated from Hongik University Hongik University (, colloquially '' ...
(1928-2020) *
Kim Nam-Jo Kim Namjo is a Korean poet. Life Kim Namjo was born on September 25, 1927, in Daegu, South Korea. She attended a girls' school in Kyushu, Japan, and graduated from Seoul National University's College of Education in 1951 with a degree in K ...
(born 1927) * Park In-hwan (1926-1956) *
Kim Jong-Gil Kim Jong-gil (Hangul: 김종길; November 5, 1926 – April 1, 2017) was an early-modern South Korean poet. Life Kim Jong-gil was born on November 5, 1926, in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. and graduated from Korea University with undergradu ...
(1926-1956) * Hong Yun-suk (1925-2015) *
Park Yong-rae Park Yong-rae (Hangul: 박용래; Hanja: 朴龍來; August 14, 1925—November 21, 1980) was a South Korean poet. Life Park was born on August 14, 1925 in Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do Korea and died November 21, 1980. He graduated from the Ganggye ...
(1925-1980) * Kim Ch'un-su (1922-2004) * Kim Kyu-yong (Kim Kku) (1922-2001) * Kim Su-yŏng (1921-1968) * Kim Sang-ok (1920-2004) * Cho Chi-hun (1920-1968)


1910s

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Ku Sang Ku Sang (born and died in Seoul; September 16, 1919 - May 11, 2004) was a Korean poet, considered one of Korea's most respected and trusted poets. Life Ku Sang was raised in Wonsan, in South Hamgyeong Province which is now situated in Nort ...
(1919-2004) *
Park Nam-su Park Nam-su (Hangul: 박남수) was a South Korean poet. Life Park Nam-su was born on April 3, 1918 in Pyeongyang, Pyeongannam-do, in Japanese-occupied Korea. Park graduated from Chuo University, Tokyo, in 1941. after graduating from Pyeongyang ...
(1919-1994) * Kim Kyungrin (1918–2006) *
Yoo Yeong Yoo Yeong (Korean: 유영; Hanja: 柳玲; November 24, 1917 – August 25, 2002) was a South Korean literary scholar, translator, and poet. He was a professor at the Department of English Language and Literature of Yonsei University, Yonsei Un ...
(1917-2002) *
Yun Dong-ju Yun Dong-ju or Yoon Dong-ju (, ; December 30, 1917 – February 16, 1945) was a Korean poet born in Longing, Jilin, China,""Yoon Dongju" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: who was known for his lyric poetries as ...
(1917–1945) *
Park Mok-wol Pak Mok-wol (, 6 January 1916 – 24 March 1978) was an influential Korean poet and academic. Personal life He was born Pak Yeongjong on January 6, 1916, in Moryang Village, Seo-myeon, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, in present-day South ...
(1916-1978) * Sŏ Chŏng-ju (1915-2000) *
Baek Seok Baek Seok (born Paek Ki-haeng; July 1, 1912 - January 7, 1996) was a Korean poet. He was born in Chŏngju in North Pyongan, and started his journalist career at ''Chosun Ilbo'' in 1934. He published his first poem "Chŏngju Fortress" (정주 ...
(1912~1996) * Yi Ho-woo (1912-1970) *
Noh Cheonmyeong Noh Cheonmyeong (; September 2, 1912 – December 10, 1957) was an early-modern South Korean poet. Biography Noh Cheonmyeong was born on September 2, 1912, in Kōkai-dō, Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, Empire of Japan. In 1934 Noh graduate ...
(1912-1957) *
Yi Sang Kim Hae-Gyeong (hangul: 김해경, hanja: 金海卿, September 23, 1910 – April 17, 1937), also known as his pen name Yi Sang (hangul: 이상, hanja: 李箱) was a writer and poet who lived in Korea under Japanese rule. He is well-known fo ...
(1910-1937)


1900s

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Kim Kirim Kim Kirim (Korean: 김기림; Hanja: 金起林; May 11, 1908 – ?) was a Korean poet and literary critic who represented Korean modernist literature in the 1930s. Kim wrote monumental poems such as “The Weather Chart” (1936), “Wind Speed o ...
(1908-?) *
Yu Chi-hwan Yu Chi-hwan (1908–1967), also known by his pen name Cheongma, was a leading twentieth-century Korean poet.”Yoo Chi-hwan" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Life Yu was born in South Gyeongsang Province. He pu ...
(1908-1967) *
Lee Yuksa Yi Won-rok (May 18, 1904 – January 16, 1944), better known by his pen name Yi Yuksa, was a Korean poet and independence activist. As one of his country's most famous poets, he and his works symbolize the spirit of the anti-Japanese resis ...
(1904-1944) * Kim Yŏng-nang (1903-1950) * Jeong Ji-yong, often romanized in literature as Cheong Chi-yong (정지용) (1902~1950) *
Kim Sowol Kim Sowol ( ko, 김소월; 1902–1934) was a Korean language poet famous for his contributions to early modern poetry. Throughout his life he wrote his poignant poetry in a style reminiscent of traditional Korean folk songs. The most prized ex ...
(1902-1934) * Yi Sang-hwa (1901~1943) *
Chu Yo-han Chu Yo-han (5 December 1900 – 17 November 1979) was a twentieth-century Korean poet, journalist, businessman and politician."Joo Yohan" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: He came from the Shinan Chu clan (신 ...
(1900-1979)


1890s

* Kim Myeong-sun (1896-1951) *
Kim Ok Kim Ok (김옥; born 28 August 1964) is a former North Korean government employee who served as Kim Jong Il's personal secretary from the 1980s until his death. After the death of Ko Yong-hui in August 2004, she regularly met with foreign offic ...
(1896-unknown) *
Choi Nam-son Choe Nam-seon (April 26, 1890 – October 10, 1957), also known by the Japanese pronunciation of his name Sai Nanzen, was a prominent modern Korean historian, pioneering poet, and publisher, and a leading member of the Korean independence movemen ...
(1890-1957)


Nineteenth-century poets

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Han Yong-un Han Yong-un ( ko, 한용운; August 29, 1879 – June 29, 1944) was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer and poet. This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instructor in 1905, and Manhae (만해) was his pen name; his ...
anhae(1879-1944)


Seventeenth-century poets

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Yun Seondo Yun Seondo (1587–1671), also spelled as Yoon Sun-Do, was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician. A Neo-Confucian scholar, he was also known by his pen names Gosan and Haeong. Life He was born in Seoul, in what is now South Korea. He ac ...
(1587–1671) *
Heo Nanseolheon Heo Nanseolheon (1563 – 19 March 1589), was a Korean painter and poet of the mid-Joseon dynasty. She was the younger sister of Heo Bong, a politician and political writer, and elder to Heo Gyun, a prominent writer of the time and credited as th ...
(1563–1589)


Earlier poets

Note: Some or all of these poets, though Korean, wrote in Chinese. *
Heo Nanseolheon Heo Nanseolheon (1563 – 19 March 1589), was a Korean painter and poet of the mid-Joseon dynasty. She was the younger sister of Heo Bong, a politician and political writer, and elder to Heo Gyun, a prominent writer of the time and credited as th ...
(1563-1589) * Seokcheon, pen name of Kim Gak (1536-1610) *
Hwang Jin-i Hwang Jini or Hwang Jin-Yi (; 1506 – 1560), also known by her gisaeng name Myeongwol ("bright moon", ), was one of the most famous gisaeng of the Joseon Dynasty. She lived during the reign of King Jungjong. She was noted for her exceptio ...
(1522-1565) * Song Deokbong (1521-1578) *
Yi Saek Yi Saek (Korean language, Korean: 이색, Hanja: 李穡, 17 June 1328 – 17 June 1396), also known by his pen name Mogeun (Korean language, Korean: 목은), was a Korean people, Korean writer and poet. His family belonged to the Hansan Yi clan ...
(1328-1395 396? *
Ch'oe Ch'ung Ch'oe Ch'ung (; 984 – October 13, 1068) was a Korean Confucian scholar and poet of the Haeju Ch'oe clan during the Goryeo period. He has been called the grandfather of the Korean educational system. Biography Ch'oe Ch'ung was born in 984, to ...
(984-1068) *
Kyun Yeo Gyunyeo or Kyun Yeo (; 923–973) was a Korean Buddhist monk and poet. He came from the Hwangju Byeon clan. Among his works are "Songs of the Ten Vows Samantabhara." These songs are set out in 1075 in the biography ''The Life of Kuehne''. This is ...
(917—973) *
Choe Chiwon Choe Chiwon (; 857–10th century) was a Korean philosopher and poet of the late medieval Unified Silla period (668-935). He studied for many years in Tang China, passed the Tang imperial examination, and rose to the high office there before r ...
(857-915) *
Wonhyo Won Hyo (617 – April 28, 686) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. Essence-Function (), a key concept in East Asian Buddhism and particularly Korean Buddhism, was refined in the syncretic ...
(617–686)


See also

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Korean poetry Korean poetry is poetry performed or written in the Korean language or by Korean people. Traditional Korean poetry is often sung in performance. Until the 20th century, much of Korean poetry was written in Hanja and later Hangul. History The pe ...


References

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Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...
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Poets A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...