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Pyun Yong-ro | |
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Born | 1898 |
Died | 1961 Seoul, South Korea |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 변영로 |
Hanja | 卞榮魯 |
Revised Romanization | Byeon Yeong-ro |
McCune–Reischauer | Pyŏn Yŏngro |
Art name | |
Hangul | 수주 |
Hanja | 樹州 |
Revised Romanization | Suju |
McCune–Reischauer | Suju |
Byeon Yeong-ro (Korean: 변영로; 1898–1961), also known by the art name Suju (수주), was a Korean poet and English literature scholar.[1] His original name was Byeon Yeong-bok (변영복; 卞榮福), but he changed his name in 1958.[2] He is considered a pioneer of modern Korean poetry and is well known for the poem, "Nongae" (논개), which was included in South Korean government-issued textbooks from 1953 to 2003.[3]