Choi Nam-son

Choi Nam-son (1890–1957) was a Korean poet early in the twentieth century. According to the authority on Korean poetry, Brother Anthony, Choi's 1908 poem, From the Sea to a Boy, ushered in a new, vernacular form, starting a trend that is designated the new poetry.

References

Brother Anthony, "Korean Perspectives on Poetry," http://www.sogang.ac.kr/~anthony/Outline.htm. Undated (accessed 2006-06-30)