Tongyeong's Famous Artists

Kim Choon-su

Brief history of the artist

  • 1922 Born in Tongyeong, Gyongnam
  • 1935 Enter Gyonggi Middle School
  • 1942 Removed from school due to Art and Idea conflict from a university in Japan
  • 1946-1948 Worked as a teacher at Tongyeong Middle School
  • 1948 Presented the first collective poem 「Cloud and Rose」
  • 1950 Published the second collective poem 「Swamp」
  • 1951 Published the third collective poem 「Ki」
  • 1953 Published the fourth collective poem 「Neighbors」
  • 1964 Acted as a professor at Gyongbook University (Until 1978)
  • 1974 Published his work 「Cheoyong」
  • 1979-1981 Acted as a professor at Yongnam University
  • 1981 Elected to congress, a member of Art Center
  • 1986 Published「Kim Choon-su Collective Volume」
  • 1999 Published「Chairs and stairs」
  • 2002 Published「Song for rain in 51 volumes」
  • 2004. 11. 29 Died