Choi Nam-son
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Choi Nam-son (1890[?] - [?]) was a Korean poet early in the twentieth century. According to the authority on Korean poetry Brother Anthony, Choi's 1908 poem "From the Sea to a Boy" ushered in a new, vernacular form, starting a trend that is designated "the new poetry."
Brother Anthony, "Korean Perspectives on Poetry," http://www.sogang.ac.kr/~anthony/Outline.htm. Undated (accessed 2006-06-30)