Kim Su-yeong
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Kim Su-yeong (Seoul, 1921 - 1968) was a Korean poet and translator whose poetry explored love and freedom as poetic and political ideals [1]. He lived in Japan during the first part of the Second World War, following an interest in the theatre and other arts at Tokyo University. In 1943, he fled to Manchuria to avoid the Japanese military draft. However, during the Korean War, he was drafted into the North Korean Korean People's Army. Escaping from the North, he wound up imprisoned in a POW camp in South Korea. Later he majored in English Language and Linguistics at Yonsei University, again without completing a degree. He died in a traffic accident in South Korea.
Kim's literary orientation became clear when he led other young Korean poets in "The Second Half," a group dedicated to redirecting Korean poetry away from the traditionalism and lyricism of the early 1950s by confront social concerns by using language in a new way.[2]. Among the innovations were the use of surrealism, abstraction, prose, slang and profanity in Kim's poems [3].
Perhaps his best-known poem is "Grass".
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[edit] Honors
- Korean Poets' Association Prize for Poetry, 1958 (first recipient)
- The Kim Suyeong Literary Award was established 1981 in his honor
[edit] Publications
- Dalnara-ui jangnan (A Game Played in the Moon), published in 1959, was the only book of poetry he produced in his lifetime.
[edit] Translated works
- Kim Su-yeong (1995). The Great Root (거대한 뿌리). Minumasa Publishing Co., Ltd.. ISBN 8937406012.
- Kim Soo-Young (2005) Jenseits des Rausches. Gedichte.
(translated by Kang Yeo-Kyu and Uwe Kolbe) Edition Peperkorn: Thunum.
- Kim Soo-Young (2001) Der Wächter der Wolke: ausgewählte Gedichte. (translated by Kim Miy-He and Sylvia Bräsel) Edition Peperkorn: Thunum.
- Brother Anthony <of Taizé>, translator and editor (2001) Variations: Three Korean Poets. Cornell East Asia series ; 110.
[edit] References
- ^ introduction to The Colosal Root
- ^ LTI Korea Overseas Publication Marketing
- ^ introduction to The Colosal Root
[edit] Internet links
- Translation of Kim's "Watchman of the Clouds"
- Three of Kim's poems in English translation:
- Ten of Kim's poems in English translation
- British and American influence on Kim's poetry: http://ref.daum.net/item/554537 (summary of Korean journal article)
- On Kim's poetic response to political conditions: http://www.dbpia.com/view/ar_view.asp?arid=495397 (summary of Korean journal article)
- On Kim's view of poetry: (summary of Korean journal article)
