Moh Youn Sook

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Moh Youn Sook
Hangeul 모윤숙
Hanja 毛允淑
Revised
Romanization 		Mo Yun-suk
McCune-
Reischauer 		Mo Yun-suk

Moh Youn Sook (born May 3, 1910 in Wŏnsan , Hamgyŏng-namdo ; † June 7, 1990 in Seoul ) was a South Korean poet and member of the National Assembly .

Life

Moh Youn Sook was born on May 3, 1910 in Wŏnsan, Hamgyŏng-namdo. Her stage name was Yŏngun (영운 | 嶺 雲). She graduated from Ehwa Technical College with a degree in literature . She taught at various girls' high schools and worked as a journalist for Samch'ŏlli Verlag and the Central Broadcasting Company . In 1940 she was detained in a police station in Kyŏnggi Province for her poetry . After the liberation of Korea in 1945, she was not only active in literature, but also in various other areas. In 1948 she took part in the General Assembly of the United Nations as a Korean MP. She was active in various writers' associations and international literary circles. She died on June 7, 1990 in Seoul.

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Her early works were often criticized for indulging in superficial sensibility and sentimentalism. They are characterized by the accurate representation of suppressed passion in direct and vivid images. Her poems may be daring, dynamic and occasionally crowded, but they often do not address a single loved one, rather the object of their outburst of emotions is usually the Korean nation. Their fierce and often frustrated patriotism branches out into aspects of history, territory, nature and regional affairs. Before the liberation, like so many other authors, she was forced to adapt her works to the political guidelines of the occupiers. She tended more and more to "pure lyricism", a poem full of pure, disembodied lyricism that contained no political, social or historical allusions. After the liberation, however, she gave free rein to her patriotic impulses and wrote highly inspiring patriotic works in which she celebrated the prevailing nationalist consciousness of the time.

Work

Korean

Poetry collections

  • 빛나는 지역 (地域) Radiant Land (1933)
  • 렌 의 애가 Ren's child (1937)
  • 옥비녀 The jade hairpin (1947)
  • 풍랑 Wind and waves (1951)
  • 정경 (情景) Mood (1959)
  • 풍토 (風土) Climate (1970)
  • 논개 (論 介) Nongae (1974)
  • 국군 은 죽어서 말한다 The Fallen Korean Soldiers Talk (1987)

Essay collections

  • 내가 본 세상 The world as I saw it (1953)
  • 포도원 The Vineyard (1960)
  • 구름 의 연가 (戀歌) The Love Song of the Clouds (1964)
  • 느티 의 일월 January of a Zelkove (1976)

Collected Works

  • 모윤숙 시 전집 The Poems of Moh Youn Sook (1974)
  • Collected Works of Moh Youn Sook (1982)

Translations

English

  • Wren's Elegy, Prose: The Pagoda, An Epic, and Other Poems , Larchwood (1980)

Awards

  • 1967: Prize from the Republic of Korea Art Academy
  • 1970: Order of Peonies for State Merit
  • 1979: March 1st Culture Prize
  • 1991: Gold medal for cultural merit

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moh Youn Sook . Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database , archived from the original on November 9, 2013 ; Retrieved May 2, 2019 (English, Korean, original website no longer available).
  2. ↑ 모윤숙 ( 毛允淑 ). Daum.net , archived from the original on August 14, 2014 ; Retrieved May 2, 2019 (Korean, original website no longer available).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Moh is the family name here, Youn Sook is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Moh, Youn Sook
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean lyric poet and MP for the Gukhoe
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Wŏnsan , Hamgyŏng-namdo
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1990
Place of death Seoul