Kim Hyeongsoo (1959-) is a South Korean poet and novelist. He began his literary career with the publication of “Minjungsi 2” (민중시2 The People’s Poem 2) in 1985 and a novel through Munhakdongne in 1996. Kim is also a writer and a critic who has led the discourse on popular literature (minjung literature) in the 1980s. Ruling out nihilism in the discrimination, oppression, and violence that destroy the daily lives of humans, he works on capturing what is excluded from our society with constant diligence and a warm gaze in his poetry and novels. l  Poetry collection Bitbangure daehan chueok (빗방울에 대한 추억 Memories about Raindrops) (1995) l  Poetry collection Gakkeum ireoke heokkaebireul bonda (가끔 이렇게 허깨비를 본다 Sometimes I See Hallucinations Like This) (2019) l  Novel Naui teuroteu sidae (나의 트로트 시대 My Era of Trot Music) (1997)l  Short story collection Ibalsoe dugo on si (이발소에 두고 온 시 The Poem I Left at the Barbershop) (2003)