Jeon Bonggeon (1928-1988) was a Korean poet. Along with Pak Inhwan, Kim Suyeong and Kim Jongsam, he represents the post-war modernist movement.1) With his unusual sense of language compared with his contemporaries in the 1950s, he wrote sensuous poems displaying vivid images, particularly associated with sexuality, with the intent of expressing the vitality of human beings.

Gim Si-jong (1929-) is a South Korean poet. He began to write poetry in Japanese in 1950. Having experienced the tragedy of modern history with his whole body, he has been working fiercely against the fate of being a Zainichi Korean. He won the 40th Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for Jaeirui teumsaeeseo (재일의 틈새에서In the Cracks of Japan) in 1986, the Hideo Oguma Poetry Prize for Wonyaui si (원야의 시Poems of the Wilderness) in 1992, and the 41st Jun Takami Award for Ireobeorin gyejeol (잃어버린 계절The Lost Season) in 2011. Poetry collection Jipyeongseon (지평선 Horizon) (2018)Poetry collection Ireobeorin gyejeol (잃어버린 계절The Lost Season) (2019)Poetry collection Ikaino sijip oe (이카이노 시집 외 Ikaino Poetry Collection and Others) (2019)

Park Yeemun (1931-2017) is a South Korean poet. He began his literary career with the publication of his poem “Hoehwareul ireun sedae” (회화를 잃은 세대The Generation That Has Lost Conversation) in Sasanggye in March 1955 and literary criticism “Hyeondaesiui metahwo” (현대시의 메타훠 Metaphors of Modern Poetry) in Poetry and Criticism in May 1957. He not only wrote poetry but also translated works of French romantic poetry and published a number of books on literary criticism. Nune deopin chalseugangbyeon (눈에 덮인 찰스강변 The Snow on the Charles River) (1979) Nabiui kkum (나비의 꿈 Dream of a Butterfly) (1981) Boiji anneun geosui geurimja (보이지 않는 것의 그림자 The Shadows of the Invisible) (1987)

Heo Su-gyeong (1964-2018) was a diasporic South Korean poet, translator, and archaeologist. Life   Born in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Heo studied Korean literature at Gyeongsang National University. She made her literary debut in 1987, publishing four poems including Ttaengbyeot (땡볕 Burning Sun) in Literature and Practice. She published two poetry collections in four years, emerging as one of the leading literary figures of her generation, before moving to Germany in 1992 to pursue a PhD in ancient Near Eastern archaeology at the University of Münster. After a nine-year hiatus from publishing, Heo continued to write award-winning poems, novels, essays, and children’s books in Korean while living in Münster. She also translated works by Michael Ende, Maxim Biller, Anette Bley, and the Grimm Brothers into Korean. She died of stomach cancer in November 2018.  Writing     Heo made her literary debut at the age of twenty-three in 1987 at the magazine Literature and Practice, and published her first volume of poetry Seulpeummanhan georeumi eodi isseurya (슬픔만한 거름이 어디 있으랴 There’s Not A Fodder Like Sorrow) the following year. In 1992, She published her second volume of poetry, Honja ganeun meon jip (혼자 가는 먼 집 To the Distant House, Alone). She infuses her poetry with the lyricism and the images taken from traditional Korean folktales and songs, thereby creating a uniquely Korean modern poetry free of western modernist influence. It can be said that distancing herself from her native tongue by living in a foreign environment is in itself the poet’s attempt to bring herself closer to the essence of the Korean language.     In Heo's poems, life is broken into pieces, filled with agony, incoherent, and loveless. Literary critic Lee Kwang-ho noted the difference in the style of her post-German work and her previous works, saying while her earlier works can be characterized as love poems combined with the rhythm and sensibilities of South Gyeongsang Province and the loneliness and sadness that she faced as a woman, her work while in Germany showed her musings of lengthy periods that reflects her archaeological background.

Ko Hyeong-ryeol (born 1954) is a modern Korean poet.