| Park Mok-wol | |
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| Hangul | 박목월 |
| Hanja | 朴木月 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Mok-wol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Mogwǒl |
Park Mok-Wol (1916-1978) was a Korean writer. He was born in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, in present-day South Korea. He was a professor at Hanyang University beginning in 1961. He became president of the Korean Poetry Association in 1968. In fact, his birthname is Park Young Jong.
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He belonged to Cheongrok-pa which was group of 3 poets - Jo Ji Hoon, Park Du-Jin and himself. Cheongnokpa consists of mainly two words. Cheongnok(청록) refers to bluish-green color and pa means group or party.
In 1946, first collected poems were issued. Although the expression or preference is different from three of them, their poems largle had a basis on natural description and hope of humans. Considering these features, Seo Jeong-ju named them Nature party of poets.[1]