Sowol Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2002) Winner
Lee Moon-jae
イ・ムンジェ
Yi Mun-jae
Aliases:
Yi Munjae
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-09-22 （Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do (currently Seo District, Incheon)）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean
Career
- Occupations
- poet, professor
- Active Years
- 1982-
- Affiliations
- Kyunghyang Shinmun, Munhakdongne, Green Review, Chugye University for the Arts
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyung Hee University | — | Korean Literature | — | — | South Korea |
Kyung Hee University
Korean Literature
Country:
South Korea
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Kimdaljin Literature Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Poetry and Poetics Award | — | 若手詩人 | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Sowol Poetry Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Ji Hoon Literature Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Nojak Literature Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Kimdaljin Literature Prize
1995
Result:
受賞
Poetry and Poetics Award
1999
Category:
若手詩人
Result:
受賞
Sowol Poetry Prize
2002
Result:
受賞
Ji Hoon Literature Award
2005
Result:
受賞
Nojak Literature Prize
2007
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
When I Take Off My Wet Shoe and Show It to the Sun
Poetry collectionDraws an image of young souls adrift in the real world.
the roadyouth's discord
The Backwoods of the Mind
Poetry collectionExpresses environmental imagination and criticizes anthropocentrism.
agricultureenvironment
Imperial Hotel
2004 Poetry collectionDepicts the modern world as an 'empire' and resists dystopia.
dystopiamemories
Bibliography
- Our Old Home's Roof
- When I Take Off My Wet Shoe and Show It to the Sun
- The Backwoods of the Mind
- The Spring Going to the Ocean
- From Mirinae Hill
- Imperial Hotel
- Where Starlight Pours In
- Here Right Now is the Very Front
Translations by Author
- Busy is Lazy
- The Poems and Poets I've Met
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- flexible poetic imaginationcolorful imageryunique poetic languagehealing through metaphor
- Recurring Motifs
- the roadenvironmental imaginationdystopiamemories
Legacy
Described as a poet who expresses 'environmental imagination' in his literature. Critiques contemporary literature and writes a column in Kyunghyang Shinmun. Professor of creative writing at Kyung Hee University.