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Kim Bong-gon
Kim Bong-gon has authored the short story collection, Summer, Speed . He attended the Korea National University of Arts, graduating from the film academy and then the graduate program in creative writing. His career began in 2016 after he won the Dong-A Ilbo New Writer’s Contest for “Auto.” He was a finalist for the Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award and Munhakdongne Young Writer' s Award -
Kim Chunsu
Kim Chunsu was born in 1922 in Tongyeong. He studied at the Art Department of Nihon University in Japan. He has been a professor at Masan University and Kyungpook National University. He received the Asia Freedom Literature Prize and Korea Literary Prize, among others. His poetry collections include Clouds and Roses , The Swamp , Flag , Death of a Boy in Budapest , Possessed by Dostoyevsky , and the collections of selected poems The Snow Falling on Chagall’s Village and The Selected Poems of Kim Chun-so o. His most noted works are “The Flower,” “An Introductory Poem for a Flower,” and others. -
Kim Haengsook
Kim Haengsook made her debut as a poet in 1999. She has authored the poetry collections Adolescence , The Goodbye Ability , The Meaning of Others , and A Portrait of an Echo . She has received the Nojak Literary Prize, Jeon Bonggeon Literary Award, and Midang Literary Award. She is a professor of Korean literature at Kangnam University and has served as a contributing editor for the journal, World Literature. Her poetry has appeared in English in Poems of Kim Yideum, Kim Haengsook & Kim Min Jeong (Vagabond Press, 2017). -
Kim Hoon
Kim Hoon was born in 1948. His extensive journalism career started in 1973 at The Hankook Ilbo and stretched through the years at The Sisa Press, The Kookmin Ilbo, and The Hankyoreh. He made his literary debut well past the age of 40, but has received numerous awards since: the Dongin Literary Award in 2001 for his novel Song of the Sword ; the Yi Sang Literary Award in 2004 for his short story “Cremation”; the Hwang Sun-won Literary Award in 2005 for his short story “My Sister’s Menopause”; and the Daesan Literary Award in 2007 for his novel Fortress on Mt. Namhan . -
Kim Hyesoon
Kim Hyesoon (b. 1955) is one of the most prominent and influential contemporary poets of South Korea. She was the first woman poet to receive the prestigious Kim Su-yong and Midang awards, and her works have been translated into English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish. Her translated English works include: When the Plug Gets Unplugged (Tinfish, 2005), Anxiety of Words (Zephyr, 2006), Mommy Must Be a Fountain of Feathers (Action Books, 2008), All the Garbage of the World, Unite! (Action Books, 2011), Princess Abandoned (Tinfish, 2012), Sorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream (Action Books, 2014), I’m OK, I’m Pig! (Bloodaxe Books, 2014),... -
Kim Hyun
Kim Hyun is a poet and women’s rights activist. He won the Kim Jun-sung Literature Award for his first poetry collection, Gloryhole. He has authored another poetry collection, When Your Lips Open , as well as the essay collections Don’t Worry and Come Over , I Have a Question , and Whatever Sweater . -
Kim Hyunseung
Kim Hyunseung (1913–1975) made his literary debut in 1934 when his poem, “The Lonesome Winter Evening Comes, and You,” was carried in the Dong-A Ilbo newspaper. He stopped writing toward the end of the colonial period and only started writing again after independence. His notable works include Selected Poems of Kim Hyunseung , Robust Loneliness , Commentary on Contemporary Poetry , and Survey of World Literary History . -
Kim Jeong-hwan
Kim Jeong-hwan (b. 1954) made his literary debut in 1980 when Quarterly Changbi published his “Mapo, At a Riverside Town” and five other poems. He has authored numerous poetry collections over his long career, including A Song That Cannot Be Erased (1982), The Biography of Yellow Jesus (1983), and We the Laborers (1989). He has received the 2007 Baek Seok Prize for Literature and the 2017 Manhae Literature Prize. An Embroidery Sample (Asia Publishers, 2019) carries his Korean poems alongside his own English translations. -
Kim Jinkyung
Kim Jinkyung worked as a Korean literature teacher while he was establishing himself as a poet and a novelist. For Cat School, the very first Korean fantasy children’s book series, he was awarded the Le Prix des Incorruptibles, which is a literary award for children and juvenile literature chosen by readers in France. In addition, he is the author of poetry collections Children of Galmunri and The Magic of Sadness , the three-volume series Shadow War and The Wolf , as well as young adult fiction Our Beautiful Country and Goodbye Mr. Hapil , among others. -
Kim Joo-Young
Kim Joo-young is a novelist who began his career as a writer with the publication of “A Period of Dormancy” in 1971 in the monthly Literature magazine. His published novels are Tradesman , The Sound of Thunder , A Skate Fish and Goodbye, Mother ; his short story collections are Winter Bird and In Search of a Bird . He is the recipient of the Korea Culture and Art Award and Yi Sang Literary Award as well as numerous other literary prizes. In 2007, he received the Eungwan Cultural medal.