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This study amis to shed new light on the poet, Lee Jin-eon, who has faded into the mists of poetry history of anarchist literature since 1920s. Lee Jin-eon published a poetry book titled ‘Melancholy in Travel Routes’ at Hanseong Books in 1933, in which his works claiming to stand for anarchism were featured. The anarchism constituted one of the mainstays of the proletarian literature along with the Marxist literature in the poetry history of 1920s. However, after being defeated in the dispute with Marxists, the domain of anarchism was reduced, which resulted in the little importance within the history of Korean literature. Lee Jin-eon’s poetry book titled ‘Melancholy in Travel Routes’ may be regarded as an outcome of materialization of his ideological conviction as an anarchist. On the other hand, the value of his works is focused on the literary completeness of the works, as well as the scarcity of anarchist literature. Though the anarchist literature aims at the ideology of proletarian literature, it is different from the Marxist literature in the way that it pursues the artistic value of works as well. Lee Jin-eon may be regarded as a poet who has created remarkable literary works in which the goal of anarchist literature has been realized better than any other literary works written by others. The poems of Lee, which are aimed at anarchist literature, reveal the unwavering convictional goals. However, his poems with such tendencies have achieved literary accomplishment at the level higher than certain levels required for literary works without being downgraded to the level of manifesto. In this manner, Lee Jin-eon is definitely regarded as a poet who has achieved a considerable accomplishment as a literary person of anarchism by devoting himself to artistic accomplishment, as well as moving toward his conviction-oriented goal.