20th-century Korean poets

Korean writer, poet, journalist, Buddhist nun and activist (1896–1971)

Korean poet (1902–1934)

Korean writer, poet, novelists (1896–1951)

Korean writer (1879–1944)

Korean writer, novelist and poet (1906–1944)

Korean poet (1917–1945)

Korean educator, writer, feminist and social activist (1899-1970)

Korean writer (1910–1937)

Korean writer (1900–1951)

South Korean writer (1910–1990)

Korean historian (1890–1957)

Korean poet

South Korean poet (1916-1998)

Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet (1915–2000)

Korean poet and Korean independence activist

South Korean writer (1900-1979)

Korean poet (1901–1943)

South Korean poet (1908–1967)

Korean writer (1907–1942)

South Korean writer

South Korean writer (1916–1978)

Korean poet and translator

South Korean writer (1901- 1981)

Korean writer (1903 - 1950 )

Mangong (, 1871–1946) or Song Mangong was a Korean Buddhist monk, independence activist, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Mangong was born in Jeongeup, Jeonbuk Province in 1871 and was ordained at the age of 14. Though he spent three years teaching Zen tradition in Mahayeon Temple in Keumkang Mountain and briefly served as the abbot of Magok Temple, he spent most of his life teaching Zen at Deoksung Mountain in Yesan, Chungnam Province. Mangong revitalized the Zen tradition of Korean Buddhism along with his teacher, Zen Master Kyongho.

South Korean poet

Korean educators, writers, social activists (1896–1980)