Poet and critic who co-founded the journal Simunhak (pen name Yong-a)
| Life | 1904 ~ 1938 |
| Era | 일제강점기 |
| Clan | 충주 박씨 |
Park Yong-cheol (朴龍喆, 1904-1938) was a poet, literary critic and translator from Gwangsan County (now Gwangju), South Jeolla, of the Chungju Park, pen name Yong-a. In 1930 he co-founded the journal Simunhak with Kim Yeong-rang and became a central figure of the Simunhak school, later publishing magazines such as Munye Wolgan (1931) and Munhak (1934).
An advocate of pure poetry, he was active in the Society for Dramatic Arts Research and translated poems by Goethe, Heine and Rilke and plays by Shakespeare and Ibsen. His best-known poem is "The Departing Ship"; he died of tuberculosis at 33, and a Complete Works appeared the following year.