Kim Chi-ha

Kim Jiha (Korean: 김지하; 4 February 1941 – 8 May 2022) was a South Korean pro-democracy activist, poet and playwright.[2] He won the Lotus Prize for Literature in 1975.[3]

Kim Chi-ha
Kim Chi-ha
Kim Chi-ha
BornKim Yeongil
(1941-02-04)4 February 1941
Mokpo, Jeollanam-do, Chōsen, Japan
Died8 May 2022(2022-05-08) (aged 81)[1]
Wonju, South Korea
OccupationWriter
LanguageKorean
Period1963–2022
Korean name
Hangul김지하
Hanja金芝河
Revised RomanizationGim Jiha
McCune–ReischauerKim Chiha

References

  1. Poet and democracy activist Kim Ji-ha dies at 81 (8 May 2022). Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. LTI Korea Author Database: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Arana, R. Victoria. The Facts on File companion to world poetry: 1900 to the present (2008)Infobase Publishing. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-8160-6457-1. Retrieved 25 November 2011.