Pak Tu-jin
| Pak Tu-jin | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1916 |
| Died | September 16, 1998 (aged 82) |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Ethnicity | Korean |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Pak Tu-jin | |
| Hangul | 박두진 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 朴斗鎭 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Du(-)jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Tu-jin |
| Pen name | |
| Hangul | 혜산 |
| Hanja | 兮山 |
| Revised Romanization | Hyesan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hyesan |
Pak Tu-jin (or Park Tu-jin) (1916 – September 16, 1998) was a Korean poet.
Pak was born in Anseong 40 miles from Seoul in modern-day South Korea. His family was too poor to give him any formal education. His first publications were two poems that came out in 1939. Pak died on September 16, 1998).
After Korean Liberation, Pak, alongside Kim Dongri, Cho Yeonhyeon, and Seo Jeongju, created the Korean Young Writers' Association. Park worked as a professor at Ewha Womans, Yonsei, Korea, and Woosuk Universities, as well as Chugye University for the Arts.
During Japanese colonial rule over Korea between 1910 and 1945, the Japanese forbade any publications in the Korean language. Later in his life, he became a renowned writer, contributing to Korea's modern literary voice.
The Literature Translation Institute of Korea summarizes Pak's (who sometimes wrote under the pen name ‘Hyesan,’) contribution to Korean Literature:
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