Moh Youn-sook

==Life==

==Life==

While young she belonged to a circle of friends which also included the alleged secret agent Kim Soo-im.{{cite news | title = AP IMPACT: Truth emerges too late for Kim Soo-im | date = August 17, 2008 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-16-1670381282_x.htm#uslPageReturn | work = USA Today | accessdate = 2012-09-20}} Though Moh is a focus of great popular admiration and critical inquiry in the Korean-speaking world, she and her work are little known abroad.

In her younger years, Moh Youn-sook became acquainted with a circle of friends, including the alleged secret agent Kim Soo-im.{{cite news | title = AP IMPACT: Truth emerges too late for Kim Soo-im | date = August 17, 2008 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-16-1670381282_x.htm#uslPageReturn | work = USA Today | accessdate = 2012-09-20}} Though Moh is a focus of great popular admiration and critical inquiry in the Korean-speaking world, she and her work are little known abroad.

Moh Youn-sook's pen name was Yeongun. She was born in [[Wonsan]], Hamgyeongnam-do, on March 5, 1910. She attended Hamheung Yeongsaeng Girls' School, Hosudon Girls' School, and graduated from Ewha Technical College, majoring in Literature. She taught at Jiando Myeongsin and Baewha Girls' High schools, and was a reporter for Samcheollisa and Joongang Broadcasting Company. In 1940, she was detained at [[Gyeonggi-do]] Police Station for writing the poems "Joseonui ttal" and "I saengmyeong". After Korea gained independence from Japan, she remained active not only in literature but also in various other fields. Moh participated in the 1948 [[UN General Assembly]] as a representative of Korea; she also attended the 1954 establishment of the Korean Division of the International Pen Club, consecutively filling various posts. She served as committee chairwoman of the Korean Freedom Literary Association, head committee member of All Literature, committee chairwoman of Korean Division of International Pen Club, committee vice-chairwoman for the International Pen Club, and president of Korea's Contemporary Poetry Association. She died on June 7, 1990.Source-attribution|"Mo Yunsuk" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do |date=2013-09-21 }}

Moh Youn-sook's pen name was Yeongun. She was born in [[Wonsan]], Hamgyeongnam-do, on March 5, 1910. She attended Hamheung Yeongsaeng Girls' School, Hosudon Girls' School, and graduated from Ewha Technical College, majoring in Literature. She taught at Jiando Myeongsin and Baewha Girls' High schools, and was a reporter for Samcheollisa and Joongang Broadcasting Company. In 1940, she was detained at [[Gyeonggi-do]] Police Station for writing the poems "Joseonui ttal" and "I saengmyeong". After Korea gained independence from Japan, she remained active not only in literature but also in various other fields. Moh participated in the 1948 [[UN General Assembly]] as a representative of Korea; she also attended the 1954 establishment of the Korean Division of the International Pen Club, consecutively filling various posts. She served as committee chairwoman of the Korean Freedom Literary Association, head committee member of All Literature, committee chairwoman of Korean Division of International Pen Club, committee vice-chairwoman for the International Pen Club, and president of Korea's Contemporary Poetry Association. She died on June 7, 1990.Source-attribution|"Mo Yunsuk" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do |date=2013-09-21 }}

==Work==

==Work==

Her early poetry, often criticized for indulging in facile emotionalism and sentimentalism, is marked by sharp depictions of repressed passion in direct and vivid images. Her work, however, while certainly bold, energetic, and occasionally overflowing, is not always addressed to a single beloved figure; the object of her free outpour of emotions is often the Korean nation. Her intense and often frustrated patriotism ramifies into the issues of history, national territory, nature, and provincial affairs. In 1940, Moh was still deeply involved in publications and writing, but like many of her contemporaries, she was forced to tailor her works to the political policies of the [[Japanese occupation of Korea|Japanese]]. Under oppressive colonial rule, she gradually turned to writing 'pure poetry' a poetry of pure, disembodied lyricism, containing no political, social, or historical references whatsoever. After the Liberation, however, she once again gave free rein to her patriotic impulses and composed highly inspiring patriotic pieces celebrating the prevailing nationalistic consciousness of the period.Source-attribution|"Mo Yunsuk" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do |date=2013-09-21 }}

Her early poetry, often criticized for indulging in facile emotionalism and sentimentalism, is marked by vivid imagery and direct language. Her intense and often frustrated patriotism ramifies into the issues of history, national territory, nature, and provincial affairs. In 1940, Moh was still deeply involved in publications and writing, but like many of her contemporaries, she was forced to tailor her works to the political policies of the [[Japanese occupation of Korea|Japanese]]. Under colonial rule, she gradually turned to writing poetry containing no political, social, or historical references whatsoever. After the Liberation, however, she once again composed highly inspiring patriotic pieces celebrating the prevailing nationalistic consciousness of the period.Source-attribution|"Mo Yunsuk" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do |date=2013-09-21 }}

==Works in Translation==

==Works in Translation==