| Kim Yeong-nang | |
| Hangul | 김영랑 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 金永郞 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yeongnang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yŏngnang |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 김윤식 |
| Hanja | 金允植 |
| Revised Romanization | Kim Yunsik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yunsik |
Kim Yeong-nang (January 16, 1903 – September 29, 1950) was a Korean writer from Gangjin county, South Jeolla province, in present-day South Korea, where he spent most of his life. He participated in the Korean independence movement and as a teenager was jailed for six months in Daegu. Though he was a noted performer of traditional Korean music, he also loved classical Western music and was one of the few of his time who could read and appreciate English language poetry, Keats and Yeats being among his favorites.
When the Japanese oppression was at its height, he alone in Gangjin refused to change his name or offer worship at the Shinto shrine. Many of his earlier poems clearly express opposition to Japanese rule, and after Korea's liberation in 1945 he voiced his disquiet at the political polarisation that was tearing the country apart. When the growing unrest came to threaten the life of his family, he moved to Seoul, where he died as the result of a shrapnel wound to the stomach during the Korean War.