Cho Chi-hun

Cho Chi-hun
Hangul	조지훈
Hanja	趙芝薰
Revised Romanization	Jo Ji-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Chihun

Cho Chi-hun (December 3, 1920 - May 17, 1968) was a Korean poet, critic, and activist. He was born in Yeongyang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, during the period of Japanese rule. He graduated from Hyehwa College in 1941, with a major in the liberal arts.

Cho served as president of the Korean Poets' Association. He was also the founding director of the National Culture Research Center at Korea University.

Cho's birthplace is preserved in Ilwol-myeon in Yeongyang. A memorial to him stands on Namsan in Seoul.

Awards

• Literature Prize of the Free Writers' Association, 1956

See also

• List of Korean language poets
• Korean poetry
• Korean literature

References

• Beongcheon Yu (1992), Han Yong-un & Yi Kwang-su : two pioneers of modern Korean literature, p. 164.

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Name	Chi-Hun, Cho
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Date of birth	December 3, 1920
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Date of death	May 17, 1968
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