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Park Jaesam

パク・ジェサム

Bak Jaesam

Aliases: Pak Jaesam

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-04-10 (Japan)
Died
1997-06-08 age 64
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean

Career

Occupations
poet, reporter, editor
Active Years
1955-1997
Affiliations
Sahwajip, Korean Poets' Association, The Han Kyorerh Literature
Memberships
Korean Poets' Association, Sahwajip

Education

Korea University
Country: South Korea
dropped out

Awards

Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award
Organization: Hyundae Munhak
Result: 受賞
New Faces Award from the Korean Poets Association
Organization: Korean Poets Association
Result: 受賞
Nosan (Lee Eunsang) Literature Prize
Result: 受賞
Korean Literature Writers Award
Result: 受賞
Inchon Award
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Autumn River Glowing with Lamentation

poem

Represents Park's celebration of daily life with nuanced colloquial tone.

naturedaily life dignitypain of life

Chunhyang's Mind

poem

Best represents Park's body of work.

humanitytradition

In the Water of the River

1955 poem

Park's first published poem.

nature

Bibliography

  • In the Sunlight
  • Beside the little ones
  • In remembrance
  • Adeukhamyeon doerira
  • My Love
  • Near Daegwallyeong
  • Resplendent Unknown Factor
  • Doings of the stars above the sea
  • The Collected Works of Park Jaesam
  • Love!
  • The Autumn River Glowing with Lamentation

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Expression of eternal and delicate beauty of nature through traditional Korean lyricsCelebration of humble human daily lifeIncorporation of pathos and nihilism into natural sensibility
Recurring Motifs
nature's beautypain and worth of lifehuman psyche and nature

Legacy

Park Jaesam's poetry expressed eternal beauty of nature and dignity of daily life through traditional Korean lyrics, overcoming nihilism by integrating pathos into humanity's natural course.