Park Nam-su

Park Nam-su (; April 3, 1918 – September 17, 1994) was a South Korean poet.

Biography Park Nam-su was born on April 3, 1918, in Pyongyang, Heian'nan Province, Korea, Empire of Japan. Park graduated from Chuo University, Tokyo, in 1941. after graduating from Pyongyang Soongin Industrial High School. Park also worked for the Pyongyang branch of the Korean Colonial Bank, though he had already begun his writing career.

Although Park was born in what would become North Korea, he emigrated to the South in 1951 and later to United States in 1973.

Park's quest during this time was to establish a concrete and universal essence of humanity through the exploration of the relationship between constantly evolving critical consciousness of the material world and the material world itself. The image of a 'bird', a symbol that fascinated Park from his first published collection of works, encapsulated his quest to find the meaning of existence. Park is critically acclaimed for both his ability to adroitly harmonize the aesthetic and the internal and his skill in portraying the delicate balance between sense and perception.

Works in Korean (partial) Published Collections A Paper Lantern (Chorongbul) Sea Gull Sketch (Galmeagi somyo) Refuse of the Gods (Sinui sseuregi) Secret Burial of a Bird (Saeui amjang) The Crown of a Deer (Saseumui gwan) Remembrance of a Forest I Know Not Where (Eodinji morenueun supui gieok)

Awards Asia Freedom Literature Prize (1957) Gongcho Literary Award (1994)