Description:
Chronicling the life of Korea's "National Poet," Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945), Song WooHye explores the historical and political backgrounds that influenced Yun's development as a poet and a patriot. Universally acclaimed as the most comprehensive and definitive biography of the poet in South Korea, and now translated into English by Flora M. Kim, it is an indispensable guide to understanding Yun Dong-ju and Korea's colonial period.
This book is published with the support of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea).
Review Quotes: "A riveting account of an iconic poet against the backdrop of the heyday of Japan's militaristic totalitarianism. Song's accomplishment here is breathtaking, drawing a sensitive portrait of a young Korean intellectual with extraordinary knowledge of the subjects--his writings, ideas, friends, and family. In this long-awaited translation, we learn how to read Yun Dong-ju and, by extension, his times in this gripping, insightful biography."--Sean Han "associate professor of history, University of Alabama"