Sin Seok-jeong's Old House

Shin Seok-jeong's old house is where Shin Seok-jeong (1907-1974), a major figure in Korean poetry, lived. Shin Seok-jeong is from Buan, Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, and made his literary debut at the age of 17 by publishing “The Rising Year” in the Chosun Ilbo. In 1931, he began his literary career in earnest with the publication of the poem “Gift” in the magazine “Poetry”. In the 1930s, he grew into a literary giant who combined Western romantic poetry with a Korean twist, to the point where he was called the first modernist. Even under the oppression of the Japanese who had lost their homeland, the teacher served as a breeding ground for the national spirit through his tenacious marriage. His writings include the poetry collections “Candlelight” and “Sad Pastoral.”
The house used to be a three-room thatched-roof house, but has now been repaired and has four rooms. Shin Seok-jeong's old house is not where he was born, but it is where he returned to his hometown after 1931 and devoted himself to poetry, and is where he lived until he moved to Jeonju in 1952. The teacher was active in literary activities here, and it was also a house frequented by many citizens at the time.

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