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This article investigated the forming process of literature of North Korea in early age mainly on the basis of individual text of Jo Ki Cheon rather than the existing historical viewpoint. Doing literary activity in USSR as a Korean poet in USSR, Jo Ki Cheon returned to North Korea immediately after emancipation. The diverse works created by him decisively defined the pursued idea and character of creating method for literature of North Korea in the early age. As the first poem on the theme of land reformation, “Song of Land” written by Jo Ki Cheon was evaluated as the example of creating works. It was the first work that showed the peculiar genre called “lyrical and epic poem.”Then, the genre, lyrical and epic poem became prevalent in the literature of North Korea. Further, the long epic poem of Jo Ki Cheon, 『Mt. Baekdu』 became the motive that decisively enhanced the creating methodology of noble realism in the period when literature of North Korea was formed. Forming the extreme tension and confrontational structure around 1948, US and USSR entered new system of Cold War. As a result, internationalism and patriotism appeared in the literature of North Korea, creating many works which further enhanced the thought of amicability between North Korea and USSR. “Our way” of Jo Ki Cheon is the work that best described the amicability between North Korea and USSR and “Yosu in struggle” is the work that expressed the thought of patriotism. As a result, the thought of internationalism and patriotism based on USSR became the important source of literature of North Korea in the early period. Leading the life of diaspora, the poet Jo Ki Cheon played the role of guider leading the early literature of North Korea in the process where North Korea constructed new country around USSR on the basis of the experience of socialism in USSR.