Yi Ho-woo

Yi Ho-woo (; March 1, 1912 – January 6, 1970) was a South Korean poet and journalist.

Biography Yi Ho-woo was born on March 1, 1912, in Cheongdo, Keishōhoku Province, Korea, Empire of Japan. The name Lee Hou is the poet's pen name, and represented by Chinese characters different from those of his birth name. He graduated from Gyeongseong Je-il High School.

Yi died on January 6, 1970.

In a sijo contest sponsored by the Dong-a Ilbo and judged by poet jurist Lee Byeonggi in 1939, Yi's poems Fallen Leaves" (Nagyeop) and "Azaleas" (Jindalle) were awarded prizes. Yi's formal debut came a year later with the publication of the sijo "Moonlit Night" (Dalbam) in Composition (Munjang) magazine upon the recommendation of Lee Byeonggi. Yi belonged to the Bamboo Shoots (Juksun) and Naggang literary circles and published the sijo collections Collected Sijo Works of Lee Hou (Lee Hou sijojip, 1955) and Dormant Volcano (Hyuhwasan, 1968).

Works in Korean (Partial) Poetry Collected Sijo Works of Lee Hou (1955) Dormant Volcano (1968)

Awards Gyeongbuk Literary Prize (1955) for "Collected Sijo Works of Lee Howoo"