Namhae Exile Literature Museum in Namhae, South Korea

The Namhae Exile Literature Museum displays what those exiled on Namhae experienced and their writings while in exile.

Namhae Exile Literature Museum: 555 Nambyeon-ri, Namhae-eup, Namhae-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

“Hwajeonbyulgok,” a collection of songs that Jaam Kim Gu wrote while in exile in Namhae.

This tells the story of why Kim Gu was exiled.  Most of the exiled people are due to some political reasons.  Usually, they were highly educated, used to have a high position in the government, but when the political power changes, the opposition parties are sent to exile.  Many exiled happens during the Joseon dynasty, which was from the 1400s to the 1900s.

The definition of what makes “Exile Literature.”  It is what the exiled person wrote during or after the exiled period.

The list of famous song lyrics written by exiled people.  As one can expect, the contents of the songs would not be happy ones.

The list of exile people who left excellent literary writings.

Example of their poems.

The collections of some of their works.  These are copies, and the originals are in other museums.

This one is original.

Translated exilic poems.

Explanation about the literary work done by the exile people in Namhae.

Detailed explanation on Jaam Kim Gu, who was exiled in Namhae and wrote famous literary work.

His works

One of his poems.