Kim Sung-woo
Kim Sung-woo is honorary poet and journalist of South Korea.
He was born in, Tongyeong, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan in 1934. He graduated from Seoul National University majoring in politics. He joined the Hankook Ilbo and served as a Paris correspondent, Managing editor and standing advisor.
He is a journalist who has served in newspapers for 44 years.
He became the Korea's first Honorary Poet for popularizing poetry recitation movements. He is also South Korea's only Honorary Actor. Currently, he is serving as a permanent executive director of JEI Culture Foundation.
Awards
- 1991 Culture Prize in Seoul
- 1992 Korean Culture & Arts Awards
- 1996 Order of Merit for France
- 1997 Samsung Press Awards
- 2010 Tongyeong Culture Awards
- 2016 The Bogwan Order of Culture Merit from the Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Works list
- 1991 Into the Forest of Birch
- 1994 The age of culture
- 1997 The Literary Travels Around the World
- 1997 The Music Travels Around the World
- 2000 Intellect travels of Paris
- 2007 Life is a question
- 2011 A returning ship
- 2018 Beyond the horizon