Kim Yeongrang
김영랑
Kim Yeongrang (birth name: Kim Yoon-sik, 1903-1950) was a Korean poet. Considered as one of the greatest lyric poets in Korea, he is most famous for his ground-breaking work Morani pigikkajineun (모란이 피기까지는 Until Peonies Bloom) published in 1943.1) As a major figure in the school of poetic literature, he led the Pure Poetry Movement2) along with Park Yongcheol and Chong Chi-Yong