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Shin Dalja

シン・ダルジャ

Sin Dalja

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1943-00-00 (Geochang, Gyeongnam)
Nationality
South Korea
Languages
Korean
Residence History
Busan

Career

Occupations
poet, university professor, President of the Society of Korean Poets
Active Years
1964-2024
Affiliations
Pyeongtaek University, Myongji University, Society of Korean Poets
Memberships
National Academy of Arts of The Republic of Korea

Education

Sookmyung Women's University
Korean Literature
Degree: 学士
Period: 1961-1965
Year of Graduation: 1965
Country: South Korea
Sookmyung Women's University
Korean Literature
Degree: 博士(文学)
Country: South Korea
Graduate school completion

Awards

New Female Writer Literature Award
1964
Result: 受賞
Republic of Korea Literature Award
1989
Result: 受賞
Poetry and Poetics Award
2001
Result: 受賞
Korean Poets Association Award
2004
Organization: Korean Poets Association
Result: 受賞
Hyundae Buddhist Literature Prize
2007
Result: 受賞
Yeongrang Poetry Prize
2008
Result: 受賞
Gong-Cho Literature Prize
2009
Result: 受賞
Kim Jun-seong Literary Award
2011
Result: 受賞
Daesan Literary Awards
2011
Result: 受賞
Republic of Korea's Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit
2012
Result: 受賞
Jeong Jiyong Literature Prize
2016
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bongheonmunja

1973 Poetry collection

First poetry collection with 40 poems, expressing dedication in silence of pain.

feminine sensibilitysilence of painhuman sympathy

Winter Festival

1976 Poetry collection

Bukchon

2016 Poetry collection
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Bongheonmunja
  • Winter Festival
  • The Water of Home
  • Song of Songs
  • Song of Songs 2
  • I Will Hit Loneliness With a Stone
  • Foolish Sadness
  • For Love
  • Walking With Time
  • Love
  • To Baro
  • The Light of the Father
  • Mother, That Crooked Writing
  • I've Finally Met You
  • Someone I've Talked For a Long Time With
  • Passionate Love
  • I Just Only Sang
  • Wind
  • Paper
  • The Woman Who Walks On Water
  • The Flesh Flows
  • Bukchon

Translations of Works

  • Bukchon
  • Morgendämmerung
  • Papel
  • ЦААС

Style & Themes

Literary Style
delicate sensibility expressing life's strugglessensual expression of women's aesthetic sensibilitygenerous and delicate middle-aged women narrators
Recurring Motifs
motherhoodfemininitydream of silenceworld of peace and energy

Legacy

Pioneered women's poetry in Korean literature, writing poetry for over half a century, winning numerous awards, and serving as president of the Society of Korean Poets.

Academic Societies

  • Society of Korean Poets