Park Nam-su
Park Nam-su was a South Korean poet.
Biography
Park Nam-su was born on April 3, 1918, in Pyongyang, Heian'nan Province, Korea, Empire of Japan. Park graduated from Chuo University, Tokyo, in 1941. after graduating from Pyongyang Soongin Industrial High School. Park also worked for the Pyongyang branch of the Korean Colonial Bank, though he had already begun his writing career.Although Park was born in what would become North Korea, he emigrated to the South in 1951 and later to United States in 1973.
Park died on September 17, 1994.
Work
The Korea Literature Translation Institute summarizes Park Nam-su's contributions to Korean literature:Works in Korean (partial)
Published Collections- A Paper Lantern
- Sea Gull Sketch
- Refuse of the Gods
- Secret Burial of a Bird
- The Crown of a Deer
- Remembrance of a Forest I Know Not Where
Awards
- Asia Freedom Literature Prize
- Gongcho Literary Award