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백철(March 18, 1908 3월 ~  October 13, 1985 )was a Korean literary critic. His real name was Baek Se-cheol. The domicile was Taein.

Life
He was born to a family of Sojiju in Uijoo, Pyonganbuk-do of the Korean Empire, and once spent a brief childhood in Taein-myeon, Jeongeup-gun, Jeollabuk-do of the Korean Empire

After a brief childhood in Suwon-myeon, Suwon-gun, Gyeonggi-do, he graduated from Sinuiju High School in 1927, studied in Japan, started as a poet in early January 1930, and obtained a bachelor's degree in English at Tokyo High School in 1931.

He first appeared as a poet, but in 1932, he turned to a literary critic, and then worked as a pro-Japanese group during the late Japanese occupation, publishing articles praising the emperor (Japanese monarch).

While studying in Tokyo, he joined the All-Japan Musanja Arts Federation and started the proletarian literary movement, and at that time, he published poems at "Previous Poets" "September 1", "We Know the Meaning of Vira", and reviews "Prolletarian Shino Practice". After returning to Korea in 1931, he served as a reporter for the magazine "Gaebyeok" and participated in disputes with overseas literary circles as a central member of the Korean Proletarian Artists Union. He was active in Carp, criticizing Marcel Proust's neuropsychology and writing reviews advocating realism.

In 1934, the second arrest of Carp occurred, and Baek Chul was also arrested. After about a year and a half of imprisonment in Jeonju Prison, he/she showed a change in literary trends by paying attention to the intellectual class or publishing a review discussing humanism, insisting on responding appropriately as the objective situation changes unfavorably.

After the Sino-Japanese War, he served as the head of the Maeil Shinbo's School Arts Department and the head of the Beijing branch, participating in the Joseon Literary Association, etc. He also served as a lecturer at the National Theater Research Institute established at the Hyundai Theater of Yoo Chi-jin, and participated in the Joseon Literature and Security Association as a council member. A total of 14 pro-Japanese works, including Emperor Showa's "The Emperor's Friendly Special Vessel-style Piping Roots" (1940), were also released.

After liberation, he served as a professor at Seoul National University, Dongguk University, and Chung-Ang University, and served as the chairman of the Korean headquarters of the International Pen Club several times. Neuromantic criticism during the Japanese colonial period identified literature as subordinate to social influence relations, but in the 1950s criticism, the view on the role of literature was changed to the right. Since then, he has published enlightening writings introducing foreign literary theories, such as the theory of mystical criticism in the United States, or showed interest in the rediscovery of peasant novels represented by Lee Moo-young.

In 1966, he became a member of the Korean Academy of Arts and had a great influence in the field of modern literature history in the Korean literary world. It won the Academy of Arts Award, the Peony Medal of the Order of the People, the Seoul Culture Award, and the March 1 Culture Award.

After death
Among the list of 42 pro-Japanese writers released in 2002 and the list of pro-Japanese biographies released in 2008, it was included in the literature category and the 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities announced by the pro-Japanese anti-national activities committee.

Family

 * Grandfather: Wonho (1849년 ~ ? )
 * Uncle : Yeongun
 * Cousin : Sebo
 * Father :	Mugun, 1878년 ~ ? )
 * Aunt : Gangneung Choe clan Choi Jung-hee' daughter
 * Mother : Cho Geun-hwa Seonggeondang Chungju Cho Clan, Cho Young-rok's daughter
 * Brother : Baek Se-myung (1899-1970) High-rankingCheondogyo official
 * Brother-in-law: daughter of Yang Bong-ha of Namwon Yang Clan
 * Brother-in-law: Miryang Park Clan
 * Younger brother: Se-ok (born 1912 -?)

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 * Korean Federation of Proletarian Artists