Kim Su-yong

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Su-yong (1921—1968) was a Korean poet.

According to the scholar of Korean literature, Brother Anthony of Taize (http://www.sogang.ac.kr/~anthony/Sheffield.htm), Kim's significance and impact only really took place after his death. He only published one volume of poetry (in 1959). Shortly before his death, he wrote a theoretical article which sparked a lively debate.

Kim's early poems were in a Modernist style, though later he changed directions, using everyday language in addressing social issues. Many are political, either overtly or by hidden implication.

The Kim Su-yong Contemporary Poetry Award is named in his honor.

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Variations: Three Korean Poets - Kim Su-Young, Shin Kyong-Nim, Lee Si-Young. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé and Young-Moo Kim. Cornell East Asia Series, No. 110. 2001 Bilingual CEAS Edition, 328 pages. 1-885445-10-5.
Kim Su-Yong, Cent poèmes, translated into French and introduced and annotated by Kim Bona; introduction by Laurent Grisel; preface by Jean-Paul Michel. William Blake & Co. Edit., 2000. 192 pp. ISBN 2-84103-095-4.
Paik Nak-chung, "The Poetry of Kim Su-yong; The Living Kim Su-yong," Korea Journal, winter 1999.