Park Taesun (Hangul: 박태순) (May 8, 1942 – August 30, 2019 ) [1] was a South Korean writer.
[3] Park attended Seoul National University, where he studied English Literature.
[4] Park grew up as part of the “April 19 Generation”, the group of writers who came into prominence in 1960s and whose writing reflects the values associated with the Korean April 19 (1960) Student Revolution.
[2] The Korea Literature Translation Institute wrote of Park: Park also translated foreign literature into Korean including the poems of Langston Hughes’ poems, Fast's Conceived in Liberty, Erich Segal's Oliver's Story, and a collection of Palestinian poetry.
He also wrote a volume of travel essays entitled The Land and the People (Gukto wa minjung).