[1] Shin Dong-yup was born on August 18, 1930, in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province, Korea.

In 1948, Shin Dong-yup was expelled from the Normal School as a consequence of student protests against Syngman Rhee, and in particular for disagreeing with the South Korean president's land reform policy and inaction on liquidating pro-Japanese assets.

His father was a judicial scrivener, but he could not support his son financially with his low pay, so he had to sell his farm.

Shin Dong-yup was not interested in political issues, but he was employed by the Democratic and National Youth Alliance and worked there until late September 1950.

At that time, Shin Dong-yup met his future wife, In Byung-sun, who was a senior at Ewha Girls' High School.

In Byung-sun opened a boutique in Buyeo to overcome poverty, and Shin Dong-yup was assigned to Joosan Agriculture High School in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province.

In 1959, he won The Chosun Ilbo annual spring literary contest with The Talking Ploughman's Earth, and he made his debut as a writer under his pen name, Seok Lim.

[6] In 1961, he was hired as a teacher for an evening section at the Myung-Sung Girls' High School, where he immersed himself in writing poems.

On April 9, 1969, he was buried at the foot of Wollong Mountain, Geumchon-eup, Paju-gun, Gyeonggi-do, and a tombstone was erected on December 14.

Shin Dong-yup published many poems such as "Husk, Be Gone", which criticized the opportunists swept up by democratic power and also "March", "Farm", and "The Sky We Saw".

He wrote epic poems, including The Talking Ploughman's Earth, Woman's Life, and more than ten critiques.

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