Lee Yuk SaLee Yuk Sa (1904-1940) was part of the first generation of Modern Korean poets. A member of the resistance movement known as the Korean Liberation Army, he remains one of the most revered poets who wrote during the Japanese colonial period. He died i a Japanese prison in Beijing. During his short life, he endured several arrests and imprisonments which involved physical torture. Nonetheless, he was able to complete 36 poems. Lee Yuk Sa is the pen name of Lee Wonrok. The pen name is taken from his prison cell number 264 which in Korean reads lee yuk sa. The collection Poetry of Yuk Sa was first published in 1946, two years after his death. Read More Read Less