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Yi Yuksa was born on 18 May, 1904 in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korean Empire, is a Korean poet and activist (1904–1944). Discover Yi Yuksa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?

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Occupation Writer
Age 40 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 18 May, 1904
Birthday 18 May
Birthplace Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korean Empire
Date of death 1944
Died Place Beijing, China
Nationality Japan

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His wife is An Il-yang (안일양)

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Children I Ok-bi (이옥비), I Dong-bak (이동박)

Yi Yuksa Net Worth

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1904

Yi Won-rok (May 18, 1904 – January 16, 1944), better known by his art name Yi Yuksa, was a Korean poet and independence activist.

Yi was born in Dosan-myeon, Andong on May 18, 1904.

Yi was a descendant of the scholar Yi Hwang, better known as Toegye.

1919

Yi completed his basic education in Andong, graduating at the age of 15 in 1919.

1920

In 1920, at age 17, he moved with his family to Daegu and married.

1924

Yi became a teacher at the academy at which he studied, but in 1924 left for Japan to study in University.

1925

In 1925, Yi returned to Daegu and along with his brothers and joined the Uiyoldan, an association formed in response to Japanese repression of the Korean Independence Movement.

The Uiyoldan was associated with acts of sabotage and assassination.

Yi moved to Beijing in 1925/26, likely because of this association, and studied at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou.

1927

Yi returned to Korea in 1927.

When members of the Uiyoldan bombed the Daegu branch of the Choseon Bank, Yi was among the arrested and spent 18 months in prison.

There he was given the number 264 ('Yi Yuk-sa' in Korean) which he adopted afterwards as his pen name.

1929

In 1929 Yi began to work as a journalist, and in 1930 he published his first poem.

"Horse", in the Choseon Ilbo.

1930

As one of his country's most famous poets, he and his works symbolize the spirit of the anti-Japanese resistance of the 1930s and 1940s.

1931

From 1931 to 1933 he studied in China, but continued to maintain contacts with the Korean resistance.

1935

In 1935 he began to concentrate on his writing, publishing both poems and critical essays.

Accounts have Yi being arrested a total of 17 times.

1939

In 1939 Yi published his most famous poem, "Green Grapes".

Yi strove to write in the tradition of Korean lyric poetry, among other things writing in Hangul at a time during which this was banned by the Japanese government.

Because of Japanese censorship, his writing had to employ symbol and metaphor, never directly commenting on Japanese colonialism or the issues that surrounded it.

Nevertheless, his meaning was clear to Koreans, and because of this and his lyricism, his work continues to be included in school textbooks in Korea.

"The Wide Plain" is perhaps the clearest example of Yi's ability to combine lyricism with anti-colonial sentiment:

On a distant day,

When heaven first opened,

Somewhere a cock must have crowed.

No mountain ranges,

Rushing to the desired sea,

Could have dared to invade this land.

While the busy seasons gust and fade,

With endless time,

1943

In April 1943, he went to Beijing and apparently began smuggling weapons into Korea.

That same year, Yi returned to Korea on the first anniversary of the death of his mother.

1944

He was arrested in Korea, and transferred to Beijing, where he died in prison on January 16, 1944, at the age of 39.

Controversy lingered after Yi's death, and there are allegations from eyewitnesses that suggest Yi was subject to live experimentation - which was common practice in Japanese prisons during the period.

It is reported Yi's bloodstream was injected with saline solution in the prison hospital - which subsequently killed him.

"He was cremated and buried in Miari, Seoul.

1960

In 1960, Yi’s remains were reinterred near his birthplace and in 1968 a memorial stone was erected in Andong.

Just outside Andong there is the Yi Yuksa Museum, dedicated to the memory of his literature and freedom-fighting.

While Yi only wrote approximately forty poems, the fact that they have come to represent the resistance spirit of the Korean people against the Japanese colonial government has made his work famous in Korea.