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On the afternoon of the 8th, poet Kim Ji-ha, who resisted the Yushin dictatorship with social satire poems such as 'With a Burning Thirst' and 'Oh Jeok', passed away at the age of 81.
Then, reporter Lee Joo-hyeong reports.
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Poet Kim Ji-ha, who wrote famous resistance poems against the Yushin dictatorship such as 'Through the Burning Thirst', passed away yesterday afternoon.
He is 81 years old.
Poet Kim died at his home in Wonju, Gangwon-do, after having been battling the disease for over a year, according to the Toji Cultural Foundation.
Poet Kim, who debuted in 1969, suffered a handwriting incident with the protest poem 'Mistake' published the following year.
[Kim Ji-ha (2013): I said it was illegal all over the world.
I haven't written a satirical poem for several decades after I sent out 'Oh Jeok'.]
Poet Kim was also recommended for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he has also received the International Poet's Great Poet Award, Jung Ji-yong Literary Award, and Manhae Literary Award.
Poet Kim, who has been working as a life thinker since the mid-1980s, made a huge impact on society with a column in the Chosun Ilbo in 1991 called 'Take away the good plate of death'.
For this reason, poet Kim was severely criticized by the progressive camp he was involved in, including being expelled from the National Literature Writers' Conference.
Poet Kim's mortuary will be prepared at the funeral hall of Wonju Severance Christian Hospital.