Park Se-young - Bokusei-ei

A North Korean poet. Born in Gyeonggi Province. In 1917, he entered Paijai High School and published the coterie magazine Shinsekai. He participated in the March 1st Independence Movement with fellow student Song Young. He was based in Shanghai, China for a time, but was associated with the domestic literary group Engunsha. After joining the Korean Proletarian Arts League (KCUP) in 1925, he dropped out of Yeonhui College in Seoul and mainly edited the children's magazine Hoshi no Kuni (Star Country) (1925-1935). After publishing Rock Swallow in 1937, which likened the pioneers of the spring of national liberation to rock swallows, he fell silent. After liberation, he published the poetry collection Flowing Fire (1946) in Seoul, and moved to North Korea in 1946. He wrote the lyrics for the national anthem of the Republic, Aegukga (Patriotic Song). His poetry collections include "Truth" (1947) and "Selected Poems of Park Se-young" (1956), as well as the epic poem "History of the Jungle" (1962).

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北朝鮮の詩人。京畿(けいき)道の出身。1917年培材高等普通学校に入学、同人誌『新世界』を出した。学友宋影(そうえい／ソンヨン)らと三・一独立運動にも参加。一時中国の上海(シャンハイ)にあったが、国内の文芸団体焔群(えんぐん)社と連係。25年カップ（朝鮮プロレタリア芸術同盟）加盟後、ソウルの延禧(えんき)専門学校を中退、おもに児童誌『星の国』（1925～35）の編集にあたる。37年、民族解放の春をよぶ先駆者を岩つばめになぞらえて歌った『岩つばめ』出版後は沈黙。解放後ソウルで詩集『流火』（1946）を出し、46年越北。共和国の国歌にあたる『愛国歌』を作詞。詩集『真理』（1947）、『朴世永詩選集』（1956）のほか叙事詩『密林の歴史』（1962）がある。

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