Autobiography of Death
An English translation of Kim Hyesoon's poem cycle, treating death as collective grief, ritual, and reverence.
Work Information
An English translation of Kim Hyesoon's poem cycle, treating death as collective grief, ritual, and reverence.
An English translation of Kim Hyesoon's poem cycle, treating death as collective grief, ritual, and reverence.
Book Information
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Published
- 2018-11-27
- Pages
- 110 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 0.76 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780811227346
- ISBN-10
- 0811227340
- Price
- 3667 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Poetry/Asian
*Winner of The Griffin International Poetry Prize and the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Award*Autobiography of DeathAutobiography of Death
Kim Hyesoon is the author of several books of poetry and essays. She has received many awards for her poetry, including the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize for Autobiography of Death and the prestigious Samsung Ho-Am Prize in 2022. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Don Mee Choi is the author of the National Book Award winning collection DMZ Colony (Wave Books, 2020), Hardly War (Wave Books, 2016), The Morning News Is Exciting (Action Books, 2010), and several chapbooks and pamphlets of poems and essays. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellowship, Whiting Award, Lannan Literary Fellowship, Lucien Stryk Translation Prize, and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship. She has translated several collections of Kim Hyesoon's poetry, including Autobiography of Death (New Directions, 2018), which received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize.
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Amazing Poet!!!
What of the most amazing poets I’ve ever read. She is a true master of language. This book shook me in a good way!