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Kim Myeongin

キム・ミョンイン

Gim Myeongin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-09-02 (Uljin, Gyeongsangbuk-do)
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean

Career

Occupations
Poet, Professor
Active Years
1973-2024
Affiliations
Korea University, Brigham Young University (visiting professor), Far Eastern College (visiting professor)
Memberships
Anti-Poetry

Education

Hupo High School
Country: South Korea
Korea University
Faculty of Korean Literature / Department of Korean Literature
Degree: 学士
Country: South Korea
Graduated with a degree in Korean Literature
Korea University
Faculty of Korean Literature / Department of Korean Literature
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1985
Country: South Korea
Received Ph.D.

Awards

Kim Daljin Literary Prize
1992
Result: 受賞
Sowol Poetry Prize
1992
Result: 受賞
Dongseo Literary Prize
1995
Result: 受賞
Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award
2000
Result: 受賞
Yi San Literary Prize
2001
Result: 受賞
Daesan Literary Prize - Poetry Section
2005
Category: 詩部門
Result: 受賞
Lee Hyeonggi Literary Prize
2006
Result: 受賞
Jihoon Prize Literary Award
2007
Result: 受賞
Webzine 'Si-in gwangjang' (Poets Square)'s This Year's Good Poem Award
2011
Organization: Si-in gwangjang
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dongducheon

1979 Poetry collection

Poetry collection dealing with memories of war.

memorywar
Translations
  • French translation available

Bibliography

  • Dongducheon (1979)
  • Swanee Faraway (1988)
  • Playing with a Blue Puppy (1994)
  • A Funeral by the Sea (1997)
  • Silence of the Street (1999)
  • Sea Accordion (2002)
  • Ripple (2005)
  • Warm Stillness (2006)
  • Inflorescence (2009)

Translations of Works

  • L'Accordéon de la mer et autres poèmes (French)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Style portraying memory as a sicknessDirect confrontation with past sufferingIntrospective depictions of nature
Recurring Motifs
fatherKorean Warchildhood war traumasuffering of orphans

Legacy

A key figure in contemporary Korean poetry, known for works exploring war, memory, suffering, and later nature and inner world.