[2] He studied literature at Nihon University in Japan from 1940 to 1943, at which time he was expelled and jailed for speaking against the Japanese Empire.
After the introduction of his work in the late forties, however, Kim's career as a poet spanned almost four decades, and his writing evolved and transformed itself with the times.
Word play, such as that in “Ballad Tone” (Tareongjo), was also prominent in Kim's works during these years.
His fourth period of poetry, which encompasses his work 1970's until the early 1980s, was marked by Kim's musings and reflections on art and religion, into which he sought insight into their purpose for humanity and their relevance to the earthly life.
[3] English Spanish German French Japanese Poetry Collections Academic Works Kim Ch'un-Su, The Snow Falling on Chagall's Village: Selected Poems.