Background
Cheong Chi-yong was born in Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, on May 15, 1902.
translator of English Korean poet
Cheong Chi-yong was born in Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, on May 15, 1902.
He attended Whimoon High School and graduated from Japan"s Toshishya University with a major in English Literature.
While studying at Whimoon High School, he published the literary magazine Bulletin (Yoram) with contemporaries like Park Palyang. In 1926 he began concentrate exclusively on composing poetry and his piece “Cafe France” (Kape peurangseu) was published in Hakjo magazine. In 1950, at the onset of the Korean War, he was detained by the Government Preservation Department, and then transferred to Pyongyang Prison, where he is believed to have died.
After Liberation, he taught at Ewha Womans University, edited the Kyunghyang Daily News, and was a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Korean Writers Federation (Joseon Munhakga dongmaeng).
