HyunSeung Kim was born on April 4,1913 in Pyongyang, North Korea. HyunSeung and his family moved to Jeju Island and lived there until they moved to Gwangju when he was 6 years old. He dropped out of Soongsil college due to illness. With his poem 'At the coming of lonely winter evening should you' submitted to a popular korean newspaper Dong-a Ilbo he started his career as a poet.
In autumn
may I pray, Lord.
Awaited till the leaves are fallen and may my
humble mother tongue be filled within me.
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