Yi Sang’s haunting poems have captured many readers with their intense sense of immediacy and contemporariness. In the translated interview included in this issue, the poet Kim Hyesoon discusses Yi Sang’s ‘Crow’s Eye View: Poem No. 1’, in which terrified children rush down a blocked-off alley.

The character's dialogues often reference Yi Sang's poems, such as "The Wings" and "Mirror," reflecting the profound themes of time and existence found in his works. A group by the name of "The League of Nine Littérateurs" also appears in the game, which is inspired by the Guinhoe .

Yi was perhaps the most famous avant-garde writer of the colonial era. In his work he experimented with language, interiority, separation from inside one's self as well as the outer world. His poems, particularly, were influenced by Western literary concepts including Dadaism and …

Yi Sang (1910–1937) was born Kim Haekyŏng and lived his entire life during the Japanese occupation of Korea. He wrote and published in both Korean and Japanese, and is one of Korea’s most important modernist writers. A book collecting …

This poem was the very first Korean poem of Yi Sang that was published. Eager to present his work to the public, in 1933 Yi Sang visited Korean poet Jung Jiyong with his manuscript. Jiyong was considered the foremost lyric poet of colonial Korea at the time, and when he read Yi Sang’s “Flowering Tree” and other pieces, he apparently ...

Translated from the Korean. when i grasp the cup firmly with my hand an arm out of nowhere sprouts on my arm like a graft and the hand on that arm raises the porcelain cup high and…

Yi Sang's poems often explore themes of existentialism, identity, and the absurdity of life. His works are known for their fragmented composition and non-linear narratives, which challenge readers to think beyond traditional storytelling conventions.

Yi Sang (1910–1937), born Kim Haekyŏng, lived his entire life during the Japanese occupation of Korea. He wrote and published in both Korean and Japanese, and is one of Korea’s most important Modernist writers. YI SANG: SELECTED WORKS is …

Presenting the work of the influential Korean modernist master, this carefully curated selection assembles poems, essays, and stories that ricochet off convention in a visionary and daring response to personal and national trauma, reminding us that to write from the avant-garde is a form of civil disobedience.

Mirror (Korean: 거울) is a poem written by the Korean author Yi Sang. It was published in the October 1933 issue of Catholic Youth ( 가톨릭 청년 , Volume 5). Other works by Yi Sang that also explore the theme of mirrors include Crow's Eye View, Poem No. 15 ( 오감도 시 제 15호 ) and Bright Mirror ( 명경 ).