Cho Ji Hoon
Cho Ji Hoon (1920-1968) is a canonical poet of modern Korea and a renowned scholar of Korean aesthetics. Written in a modernist free-verse form, his poetry is deeply rooted in the literary Sijo that began in the 12th century, and has an authentic local flavor of pre-industrial Korea. Cho Ji Hoon’s first poem appeared in 1939, in the literary magazine MoonJang. In 1946, twelve of his poems appeared in the collection, Cheongnok Jip (청록집), along with the works of Park Mok-wol and Pak Doo-jin. The three were known as “Cheongnokpa,” or the “Green Deer Poets.” A professor of Korean language and literature at Korea University for 20 years, he published five poetry collections, as well as many books related to Korean literature and aesthetics. He received numerous literary awards.
