In April 1944, the poet Yun Dong-ju was sentenced to 2 years in a Fukuoka, Japan prison for his involvement in the Korean independence movement. Ten months later, on February 16, 1945, he died in prison; shortly thereafter, his family received a telegram from the Japanese authorities, telling them to collect the body. Yun, the solitary poet who sacrificed his life for his country, died alone, longing for his homeland. The “new morning” envisioned in his poems dawned on Korea only six months after his death. On February 27th—just two days before the 94th anniversary of the March 1 Movement—a ceremony was held at the Yonsei-Samsung Library to celebrate the donation of Yun’s handwritten manuscripts and other items to Yonsei. These precious manuscripts, which contain 129 poems and other writings, were given to Yonsei by Yun’s nephew, Yun In-seok, a professor of architecture at Sungkyunkwan University. In addition to the manuscripts, which testify to Yun’s patriotism and desire for Korean independence, Professor Yun In-seok also donated first edition copies of Yun’s collected poems, translations of his work in English, French, Japanese, Chinese, and Czech, books owned by the poet (including his school yearbooks), as well as dissertations and videos about him. A photograph of Yun and his cousin Song Mong-gyu, another independence activist, was also unveiled at the ceremony, showing the two sitting side by side as children. The photograph was taken in Longjing, China, where Yun attended Gwang-myung Middle School and Song was a student at Daesung Middle School. At the ceremony, Professor Yun In-seok and singer Yun Hyung-ju, another relative of the poet, personally handed the manuscripts and photograph to President Jeong Kap-young. This February 27th could have been called the “Day of Poet Yun Dong-ju,” as several other events honoring the poet’s life and work were held on the Yonsei campus. The manuscript ceremony was followed by a signboard hanging ceremony at Pinson Hall, the dormitory building where Yun lived as a Yonhee College student. The room in Pinson Hall dedicated to Yun will be expanded, and the poet’s manuscripts and other items will eventually be kept there; and Pinson Hall itself will be renovated and renamed Poet Yun Dong-ju Memorial Hall. The awards ceremony for the Yun Dong-ju Poetry and Prose Competition also took place on this day, and there was a special lecture about the poet’s life and work.