Modern lyric poet widely known for "Hyangsu" (Nostalgia)
| Life | 1902 ~ 1950 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 연일 정씨 |
Jeong Ji-yong was a leading lyric poet of modern Korea. Born in Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, he studied English literature at Doshisha University in Japan. With vivid imagery and restrained language, he opened a new sensibility in modern Korean poetry, and his representative works include "Hyangsu" (Nostalgia), "Yurichang" (Glass Window), and "Gohyang" (Hometown).
In the 1930s he took part in the Poetry Literature school (Simunhakpa) and the Guinhoe, and as a recommending committee member of the journal Munjang, he discovered the Cheongnokpa poets such as Jo Ji-hun and Park Du-jin. After liberation he served as a professor at Ewha Womans College, and during the Korean War he went missing in 1950. Long classified as a writer who had defected to the North, his works were banned until they were released from restriction in 1988.