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An Dohyeon

アン・ドヒョン

An Dohyeon

Aliases: Ahn Do-hyun

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961-12-15 （Yecheon, North Gyeongsang Province）
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean

Career

Occupations
poet, university professor
Active Years
1984-2024
Affiliations
Dankook University, Woosuk University

Education

Wonkwang University
Korean Literature / Korean Literature
Period: 1980-
Country: South Korea
Studied Korean literature

Awards

Sowol Poetry Prize
1998
Result: 受賞
Nojak Literature Prize
2002
Result: 受賞
Isu Literature Prize
2005
Result: 受賞
Yun Dongju Literature Award
2007
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Jeon Bong-jun Goes to Seoul

1985 Poetry collection

Lyrically depicts life and history from a perspective of youthful innocence

historylife

The Bonfire

1989 Poetry collection

Contains introspection into the loneliness and the reality of surrounding life

lonelinessreality

The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher

1996 Children's book

Depicts a salmon's return to its birthplace as a story of struggle of growth and the pain of love

growthlove
Translations
  • Translated into 15 languages

Bibliography

  • Jeon Bong-jun Goes to Seoul
  • The Bonfire
  • The Longing Fox
  • The Post Office By the Sea
  • The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher

Translations of Works

  • The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher (tr. Deborah Smith)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Rooted in traditional lyric poetryClear lyricismUniversal and easily readable poetic language
Recurring Motifs
Sorrow of poverty-ridden lifenaturesimple life

Legacy

A prominent contemporary Korean poet expressing romantic emotions with excellent realism