Korean literature
His role in shaping North Korean literature was to be pivotal. Cho's early works "Mt. Paektu" (MR: "Paektusan", 1947) and "Land" (MR: "Ttang", 1946) would point out the direction that North Korean literature was about to take. These works would soon become models for North Korean literature. Upon his return, he started writing for "Chosŏn Sinmun", the Soviet Red Army's Korean-language paper, working as a correspondent and translator. He translated works of such Soviet poets as Mayakovsky, Gribachev, and Jambyl Jabayev.