Park Nohae is a South Korean poet, photographer and activist.
10 Facts About Park Nohae
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At the age of twenty-seven, Park published his first collection of poems, titled Dawn of Labor, in 1984.
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Park Nohae was born in 1957 in Hampyeong, South Jeolla Province, a southern province of South Korea, and grew up in a farming town, Beolgyo, Goheung.
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Park Nohae left his hometown and moved to Seoul, the capital city of South Korea.
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Park Nohae worked during daytime and attended the night classes at Seollin Commercial High School.
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Park Nohae began to build up a labor activist's career while working in the fields of construction, textiles, chemicals, metals, and logistics.
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Park Nohae then took the pseudonym Park Nohae and published his first collection of poems, Dawn of Labor, in 1984, under that name.
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Park Nohae was finally freed in 1998 after being amnestied by President Kim Dae-Jung who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Park Nohae interviewed Park Nohae for seven months, filming more than 50 hours of footage and compressing it into one hour.
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Park Nohae's life is like the history of an era, and his existence gives inspiration and hope to many people.