Kim Seunghui
Kim Seunghui is a South Korean poet, essayist, and novelist.
Biography
Kim was born in Gwangju on March 1, 1952. She graduated from Chon-nam Girls' High School. She majored in English Literature at Sogang University in Seoul, Korea from which she later received a doctorate in Korean Literature. In 1973, she made her official literary debut with her poem "Geu-rim sog-ui mul" when it won an entry in the Annual Contest for new writers held by Kyung-hyang Shin-mun. Kim is currently a professor of Korean Literature at Sogang University.Work
The early work of Kim Seunghui is marked by a penchant for formalism, or 'art for art sake' and the poet's utilization of fierce, unabashed language. Her later poetry, however, evolved towards the exploration of quotidian reality and questions of perennial existence in freedom.Works in Translation
Works in Korean (Partial)
Poetry- Tae-yang Mi-sa / Mass for the Sun
- Oen-son-eul wi-han hyeop-ju-gok / Concerto for the Left Hand
- Mi-wan-seong-eul wi-han Yeon-ga / Love Song for the Unfinished
- Dal-gyal sog-ui Saeng / Life Within an Egg
- Eot-teo-ke bakk-eu-ro na-gal-kka / How Can I Get Out
- Bit-jaru-reul Ta-go Dal-li-neun Us-eum / Laughter Flying on a Broomstick
- Sam-sip-sam-se-ui pang-se / Pensée at the Age of thirty-three
- Go-dog-ul ga-ri-ki-neun si-gye-ba-neul / Clock Hands that Point to Loneliness.
- Sip-sam-in-ui a-hae-ga wi-heom-ha-o / Thirteen Children are in Danger