Kwon Hyeok-ung (Hangul 권혁웅; born 1967) is a South Korean poet, literary critic, and professor.

As a critic, he was closely involved in a heated controversy over South Korean Futurist literature in the mid-2000s.

Experimental works by young South Korean poets in that decade were attracting criticism for their abstruseness, but Kwon defended them arguing that they simply used “a different style of communication” from conventional poetry.

He was in fact the first one to call them “Futurist” poetry, and despite the controversy surrounding the subject, the name stuck.

It became an important term to explain South Korean poetry in the 2000s and sparked various other discussions on new poetics.

He served on the editorial board of literary journals Munye Joongang and Hyeondaesihak.

Kwon Hyeok-ung's poetry has a lyricism that subtly balances emotion with logic.

His first poetry collection Hwanggeumnamu areseo (황금나무 아래서 Beneath the Golden Tree) (2001) observes the interior and exterior of objects.

His second collection Majingga gyebohak (마징가 계보학 A Genealogy of Mazinger) (2005) nostalgically portrays the hardships of the 1970s and 80s in South Korea by alluding to comic books, erotica, and other cultural memes that were popular among the lower middle class during that time.

Geu eolgure ipsureul daeda (그 얼굴에 입술을 대다 I Pressed My Lips on That Face) (2007) is a collection of love poems set in a fantastical universe, featuring mythical creatures from around the world such as centaurs, werewolves, unicorns, and jiangshi.

From his fourth collection Somundeul (소문들 Rumors), his poems start taking on a more subversive character.

Such satirical poetry allowed him to perceive the world in a new light and experience the constant tension between language and reality.

Literary critic Shin Hyeong-cheol argues that Kwon is “an intelligent poet” who takes easy-to-miss “people and objects and turns them into protagonists of his stories, then casually nudges them toward us.”[1] Kwon has also been noted for his lyricism, experimental style, ability to create images from mundane subjects, imagination, and extensive knowledge of poetry.

『애인은 토막난 순대처럼 운다』(창비, 2013) { The Lover Wails Like a Chopped up Sausage.

신형철, ｢우주의 지도를 그리다가 심장 부근에서 : 권혁웅의 시｣, 『열린시학』 봄호, 2007.

“Mapping the Universe but Near the Heart: The Poetry of Kwon Hyeok-ung.” Open Poetics, Spring 2007 Issue. }

강동호, ｢메타적 상상력의 미래를 위하여 : 권혁웅 비평집 『시론｣, 『창작과비평』 봄호, 2011.

“For a Future of Meta-Imagination: Kwon Hyeok-ung’s Critical Essay Collection Poetics.” Changbi, Spring 2011 Issue. }

백(白)형제의 문인보](24) 시인 권혁웅 { “Writer Bios of the White Brothers: Poet Kwon Hyeok-ung.” The Kyunghyang Shinmun.

미당문학상 받는 시인 권혁웅 씨 "술 취한 샐러리맨에서 현대인 상처 봤죠“ { “Poet Kwon Hyeok-ung, Winner of Midang Literary Award, Says He Saw the Scars of Modern Society in a Drunk Office Worker.” Hankyung News.