korean november july russian born north korean poet regarded founding father north korean poetry distinct soviet influenced style lyrical epic poetry socialist genre important feature north korean literature nicknamed korea writer works influence implied breaking literature old society commitment communist values remark visit russia north korean media referred korea dispatched soviet authorities liberated korea entered time experience soviet literature literature administration soviets hoped shape cultural institutions new state based soviet model soviets successful significantly developed socialist realism driving force north korean literature arts offered earliest contributions cult personality famous work lyrical epic praising guerrilla activities promoting suitable leader new north korean state notable works include whistle seemingly non political love poem later adapted popular song known korean war wrote wartime propaganda poems died war united_nations force bombing raid works renowned north korean society life career born poor korean peasants village russian far east november pacific region soviet_union lived center korean independence activists particularly drew literary inspiration fellow korean writer living soviet_union believing national emancipation socialist principles written anti japanese acquired class conscious literature soviet_union studied time member communist youth league soviet_union initially supposed robbed train station money stranded work summer rector touched fate decided admit university graduation attended fluent russian entering university graduated excellent marks time spent russian soviet sides returned far_east took teaching responsibilities ethnic forcibly moved institute relocated following year went moscow tried find arrested spot breaking law returned worked served soviet 25th army headquarters desk duty similar assignment far eastern october job write propaganda spread korea thinks probable translated speech given liberation october called effort building new democratic korea korean original speech written soviet officers entered north_korea year creating model literature north_korea immediately liberation korea soviet authorities sent fluent korean russian north_korea order shape country literary institutions soviet model followed instructions oneself masses visit factories villages farms write poems based experiences experiences soviet_union helped producing explicitly political works authors equally adept write political subjects reluctant visit places work role shaping north korean literature pivotal early works land point direction north korean literature works soon models north korean literature return started writing korean language paper working correspondent translator translated works soviet poets literary circles time divided based divisions north korean politics associated ethnic come soviet_union literary group close political soviet faction korean war worked wrote propaganda poems war member selected vice chairman unified chaired member subdivision called works soviet_union released novel novel describes anti japanese armed struggle similar content later work novel acted prototype addition poetry poetic criticism interested drama contributed creation drama called revolutionary living soviet_union retains elements work published poem age korean newspaper russia wrote poems morning construction advanced workers military field study paris soviet_union wrote poems rangers outdoor practice north_korea moving north_korea released new year poems include river japanese rule way soviet korean friendship long epic praises country developing industry fails note roots japanese projects occupation features theme found fiction class enemies seek progress poems include land aircraft hunters burning street korean mother heights korean youth lyric poems swing sitting white rock serial poem resistance tells uprising south_korea lyric epic land written orders producing works land reform north_korea liberation poem describe topic wrote lyrics pass song soldiers fighting way poems thoroughly ideological south korean scholars sought emphasize lyrical order serve countries cultural poems adapted popular music lyrics enjoy popularity south north whistle willow swing love songs inspired relaxed cultural atmosphere following translation russian language poetry korean influence include whistle particular bears likeness whistle adapted popular song seen south non political song according south korean observers fail notice political cultural elements borrowed soviet lyrical poetry whistle instance couple embodies socialist traits long epic poem written february published poem written original version poem simply refers commander kim poem classic literature portraying anti japanese struggle tells story took place poem links person namesake height poem connection remained central north korean propaganda day poem origins fascination anti japanese including met creation epic politically motivated soviets dispatched north_korea wanted strengthen grip power publications presenting legendary anti japanese hero needed born work dedicated glorious soviet army liberated korea written soviets mind vigorous promotion mass culture output readership literature copies printed hundreds thousands work history korean literature generally speaking poem received public interested young readers acclaimed liked employed revolutionary portrayal kim kim personally liked poem began visiting home memoirs century kim writes person listen poem liked jewel like sentences aesthetic kim says attracted content shed tears passage fallen comrades truth content activities liberation struggle poem presents kim having heroic humane warm qualities represented popular hero people look suggesting right person lead newly established state politically effective newly founded state new classic model cult personality subsequent works literature north_korea according work particular traits early cult personality built soviet soon replaced korean ethnic nationalism writers like brilliant masculine qualities like strength intellect han works embodies traditional korean virtues innocence having mastered heart brain inspired style han establish standard propaganda sees continuity work contemporary propaganda according credited having created genre revolutionary use legends supernatural imagery kim followers cult personality long epic poetry popular genre north_korea soviet_union immigrated poetry influences seen russian stylistic influences gave peculiar characteristics prompted mixed reactions north korean public instance literature circles unfamiliar concept lyrical epic thought genres criticizing work indistinguishable ordinary prose according lecturer editor relatively favorable reaction compared literature north korean readership capable receptive dismissive audience south korean scholars presented competing views academics older generation typically dismiss personality cult literature younger generation leftist scholars pun extension people hero story like excluding role outright creating national unity literature text revised times changes political system north_korea produce heavily revised editions original version poem russian civil war heroes newer revision indigenous assets work adapted stage han translated english arabic french german russian spanish chinese japanese deemed distorted north sparked diplomatic crisis resulting expulsion ambassador country death legacy died july office room united_nations forces bombing raid war received class works awarded festival prize country highest literary honor modeled prize awarded order national flag second class work war posthumous class cycle poems korea fighting resting place patriotic cemetery today regarded founding father north korean socialist poetry poetry general north korean literature mid-1950s soviet including close friends according death spared reputation ensured continued popularity 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Cho Ki-chon