Paek Sŏk

His real name is Paek Ki-haeng, and his nickname is Paek Ki-yŏn () in 1915. After the defeat of the Japanese Empire in 1945 and the liberation of Korea, he changed his name to Paek Sŏk, and his main residence was Suwon. The name Seok is known to have been used because he loved the beginning of Takuboku Ishikawa, a Japanese poet. ==Biography==

Early life Paek Sŏk was born named Paek Ki-haeng in Chongju, North Pyongan on 1 July 1912, the son of Paek Si-bak () and Yi Pong-wu (李鳳宇). His father worked at The Chosun Ilbo as a photographer. Paek Si-bak was not wealthy, but he participated in raising building funds for Osan school. Yi Pong-wu was known as a neat and good cook. In 1918, He edited a sister magazine Feminine (여성, Yeoseong) and translated foreign works and papers. He started to work officially as a writer and a translator releasing an essay "Earrings" (이설 귀고리, Iseol Guigori) on 16 May 1934. Translating D. S. Mirsky's paper made him think about how valuable the Korean language is and how to preserve it with poetry. On 31 August 1935, he made public his first poem "Chongju Fortress". Deer consisted of seven poems which were already published and the others new. On 29 January, a gathering to commemorate the publication of Deer was held at Taeseogwan and eleven people including Kim Kirim and Shin Hyun-jung got involved as proposers. This year, he resigned from the company and started for his new post as an English teacher in Yeongsaeng high school in Hamhung. In Hamhung, he fell in love with Kim Jin-hyang, a kisaeng, and named her Jaya. In 1938, he proposed to her that they leave for Manchuria and live free there. But, she refused proposal fearing that she would stand in his way. She left for Keijō alone. Then, he wrote Me, Natasha and a White Donkey (나와 나타샤와 흰 당나귀, ). In January 1939, he returned to Keijō and met Jaya again. ==Work==

Paek Sŏk utilized not only Pyongan dialect and archaic words but also language from other provinces. He tried to preserve Korean rural culture and language by listing traditional plays and foods in his poems. To emphasize this, he used to set a narrator as a child. His poems are generally based on nostalgia for his home. In his poetry, home is described as a place that has no material affluence but embodies spiritual values. "The Folks in Fox-Lurking Village" (여우난 곬족, Yeounan goljok) shows such features. • Deer: This is a collection of poems published on 20 January 1936. • A total of 33 poems are divided into four parts in Deer. Part 1, "The Spirit of the Early Child", includes six, "Gazrangjip," "The Fox Nanjwa," "Hobang," "The Bonfire," "Goya," and "The Duckling Rabbit". The second part of "Water in Dolder-gu" contains nine, "Cho Dong-il," "Hadab," "Jumak," "Jeokgyeong," "Beauty" and "Out of Castle," and nine films including "Sanbi," "The Lonely Road," "Murru Bam," and "Noru.". The fourth part, "Beyond the National Allowance," contains nine episodes, including "The Story of the Day," "The Place called Ogeum Dung," "Jung Ju-seong," and "Tongyeong.". • The upper copyright of the Deer is marked as "100 copies of the Poetry Deer Limited Edition at KRW 2". At the bottom of it, it says, "Copy and publisher Paekseok." • "Me, Natasha and the White Donkey": A poem published in 1938 that transcends reality and sings of the will and desire for love. • "Seohaeng Sicho": Paek Sŏk, who re-entered the Chosun Ilbo in 1939, announced it four times during his trip to his hometown of Pyeongan-do. • Parwon (八院) : the a slow beginning, The Sidae (西行詩抄) the third a poet "parwon", The Sidae while traveling on the automobile for passengers of 'young a girl' on the car. Japanese occupation to see tragic life of Korean people living and come up with imagery information. It describes the situation inside and outside of the van in a realistic yet symbolic way. • Namhaeng Sicho (South Haengshicho): This is a four-time annual publication published in the Chosun Ilbo that was published during a trip to Tongyeong, Goseong, Changwon and Sacheon in Gyeongsangnam-do. == Academic background ==

• Graduated from Osan Normal School in Jungju, North Pyongan Province • Graduated from Osan High School in Jungju, North Pyongan Province • Gakuin Aoyama, Japan Graduated == Related books ==

• a collection of poems written in the original book of Paekseok. • Read immediately on white stone • Korean Poets Read Again-Imhwa, Oh Jang-hwan, Lee Yong-ak, Paek Sŏk • Paekseok's Pyeonjeon == See also ==