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Shin Seok-jung was a Korean poet. He was born in 1907 in Buan, North Jeolla Province.[1] After graduating from Buan public school, he went to Seoul and studied Buddhist texts for a year in Gangwon Province, at the predecessor of Dongguk University.
Shin Seok-jung | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 7, 1907 |
| Died | July 6, 1974 (aged 66) |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Shin Seok Jeong | |
| Hangul | 신석정 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Seokjeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin Sŏkchŏng |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 석정 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seokjeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏkchŏng |
In 1931, he began his career as a member of the 'Simunhak'(시문학, The meaning of 'poetic literature', a monthly magazine specializing in poetry). He established a unique position by publishing an idyllic poetry. He served as a schoolteacher at Buan Middle School and Jeonju High School.
In July 1976, Shin Seok-Jeong's tombstone was constructed in Jeonju Deokjin Park.[2]
Works list
edit- Candlelight (1939)
- Flowering Shrubs (1946)
- A Sad Pastoral (1947)
- Glacier (1956)
- Do You Know That Faraway Land? (2020)
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Official website (in Korean)