Hyundae Munhak Award (Contemporary Literature Award)
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Na Huideok
Aliases:
Na Huideok / Na Huidok
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1966-02-08 （Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Career
- Occupations
- poet, university professor
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- Chosun University, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonsei University | — | Department of Korean Language and Literature | Doctorate | — | South Korea |
Yonsei University
Department of Korean Language and Literature
Degree:
Doctorate
Country:
South Korea
Master's and Doctorate degrees
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Kim Suyeong Literary Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2001 | This Year's Young Artist Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2003 | Contemporary Literature Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 2005 | Isan Literature Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 2014 | Midang Literary Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2019 | Baesok Literary Award | — | — | — | winner |
Kim Suyeong Literary Award
1998
Result:
winner
This Year's Young Artist Award
2001
Result:
winner
Contemporary Literature Prize
2003
Result:
winner
Isan Literature Prize
2005
Result:
winner
Midang Literary Award
2014
Result:
winner
Baesok Literary Award
2019
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Sowol Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2007) Winner
Works
Major Works
To the Roots
1991 PoetryPierces the fog of hypocrisy and contradictions in daily life while maintaining a spirit of forgiveness and warmth.
rootsforgivenesswarmth
The Words Stained the Leaves
1994 PoetryIt's Not That Far From Here
1997 PoetryDetails the effort to listen with eyes and see with ears to become receptive to nature.
naturelisteningseeing
What Is Darkening
2001 PoetryJuxtaposes 'sound' and 'darkness' to signal the process of 'listening' with the eyes when 'seeing' becomes useless.
darknesssoundlistening
Translations
- translated by Choi Jongyoll (2007)
Bibliography
- To the Roots (1991)
- The Words Stained the Leaves (1994)
- It's Not That Far from Here (1997)
- What Is Darkening (2001)
- A Missing Palm (2004)
- Wild Apple (2009)
- Time for These Horses To Return (2014)
- To Her (2015)
- File Name: Lyric Poem (2018)
- A Half-Bucket of Water (1999)
- Where Does Purple Come From? (2003)
- Remember Those Lights (2012)
- A Plate of Poems (2012)
- I'm Going To Get There on Foot Step by Step (2017)
- Morning Song, Evening Poetry (2008)
- My Representative Poem (2012)
- Na Huideok's Glass Bottle Letter (2013)
Translations of Works
- What Is Darkening (2007, translated by Choi Jongyoll)
- Scale and Stairs: Selected Poems (2009, translated by Christopher Merrill and Kim Won-Chung)
- Wild Apple (2015, translated by William Parker and Youngsil Ji)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise and restrained linguistic formbased on the reality of concrete sensory images
- Recurring Motifs
- motherly instinct or lovecritical consciousness of contradictions and irrationality in lifegenerosity and warmth of the heart
Legacy
Recognized as an important South Korean contemporary poet, recipient of numerous literary awards.
Trivia
- Raised in an orphanage, became a precocious child.
- Became interested in poetry in middle school.