{"product_id":"yun-dong-ju-a-critical-biography-paperback-softback-9781978841680","title":"Yun Dong-ju; A Critical Biography (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978841680","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eYun Dong-ju\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Biography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSong WooHye (Author), Flora M. Kim (Translated by), David Krolikoski (Foreword by), WooHye Song (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978841680\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages, 19 B-W images\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHistorian and novelist Song WooHye chronicles the life of Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945), one of the most beloved and important poets in the modern Korean literary canon, widely considered Korea's \"National Poet\". Beginning with the history of the North Gando region (now Yanbian, China), where Yun was born, and ending with facts behind the publication of his only and posthumous poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eSky, Wind, Star, and Poem\u003c\/i\u003e, this critical biography elucidates who Yun Dong-ju really was, with factual descriptions of the bleak and turbulent period of Japan’s colonization of Korea.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e While first working on the book in the 1980s, Song had interviewed the poet’s surviving relatives and friends, most of whom have since passed away. Without her interviews, these important first-hand accounts would have been lost. Song had an added advantage of an “insider,” as she is a niece of Song Mong-gyu, who was the poet’s first cousin and inseparable friend for life. Incorporating newly discovered materials and using interviews with the beloved poet's family and friends, this biography is the most comprehensive, definitive biography of Yun Dong-ju to date, now available in English for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is published with the support of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea)\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by David Krolikoski\u003cbr\u003e Translator’\u003cbr\u003es Note\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Birth of the Poet\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Myeongdong, the Place of Freedom Fighters\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Yongjeong, the Heart of the Haeran River\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Song Mong-gyu\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Seven Months in Pyeongyang\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Return to Yongjeong\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Yonhui Junior College, A Station for Youths\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Japan, the Place of a Six-Tatami Room\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Arrest, Trial, Imprisonment, and Death\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Here Lies Yun Dong-ju the Poet\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Glory of the National Poet\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640491176216,"sku":"9781978841680","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/yun-dong-ju-a-critical-biography-paperback-softback-9781978841680","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}