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Jeong Kkeutbyeol

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Jeong Kkeutbyeol

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1964-00-00 (Naju, South Jeolla Province)
Nationality
South Korean
Languages
Korean
Residence History
South Korea

Career

Occupations
Poet, Essayist, Literary critic, Professor
Active Years
1988-2024
Affiliations
Ewha Womans University, Chugye University for the Arts, Myongji University, Open Cyber University

Education

Ewha Womans University
Korean Language and Literature
Degree: 学士
Period: 1983-1987
Year of Graduation: 1987
Country: South Korea
Ewha Womans University
Korean Language and Literature
Degree: 修士
Period: 1987-1989
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: South Korea
Ewha Womans University
Korean Language and Literature
Degree: 博士
Period: 1989-1994
Year of Graduation: 1994
Country: South Korea

Awards

Yushim Award
2004
Organization: Society for the Promotion and Practice of Manhae's Thoughts
Result: 受賞
Sowol Poetry Prize
2008
Work: Vast Sleep
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

My Life, a Birch Tree

1996 Poetry collection

Highly regarded by critics and fellow writers.

nature

White Book

2000 Poetry collection

180 Thousand Years and the Color Peach

2005 Poetry collection

Bursting

2008 Poetry collection

Subject Markers, Topic Markers

2014 Poetry collection

Explores linguistic details of the Korean language.

Korean grammar

Bibliography

  • My Life, a Birch Tree (1996)
  • White Book (2000)
  • 180 Thousand Years and the Color Peach (2005)
  • Bursting (2008)
  • Subject Markers, Topic Markers (2014)
  • The Poetics of Parody (1997)
  • The Language of Poetry Has a Thousand Tongues (1999)
  • The Poetics of Pi (2010)

Translations of Works

  • Selected poems in A Galaxy Of Whale Poems
  • Trees Standing at the Edge

Style & Themes

Literary Style
rich imagerylinguistic creativityuse of poetic devices
Recurring Motifs
descriptions of naturelinguistic details of the Korean language

Legacy

A prominent South Korean poet known for rich imagery and exploration of Korean language in poetry.

Trivia

  • Her personal name 'Kkeutbyeol' is formed from native Korean words and has no associated hanja.