He was nicknamed "Korea's Mayakovsky" after the writer whose works had had an influence on him and which implied his breaking from the literature of the old society and his commitment to communist values.
Ia dijuluki "Mayakovsky dari Korea" dari seorang penulis yang karya-karyanya terinspirasi olehnya dan karena ia mengakhiri sastra masyarakat lama dan komitmennya terhadap nilai-nilai komunias.