Moon Deoksu
Moon Deoksu was a South Korean poet.
Biography
Moon Deoksu was born December 8, 1928, in Haman County Keishōnan Province, Korea, Empire of Japan. Moon graduated from Hongik University, attended Tsukuba University, and graduate school at Korea University, resulting in a Ph.D. in Literature. He worked for the Magazine, Shidan and served in many organizations including as President of the Poetry Second of the Korean Literature Association; President of the Modern Poet's Association; Vice Director of the Korean Literature Association; Director, Vice President, and President of the Korean branch of P.E.N.; Representative of the Korean Committee for the International Poets' Union, and as President of the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation. Moon also taught at Jeju and Hongik University, and served as a Dean of the College of Education at the latter.Work
Moon's pen names are Simsan and Cheongtae. Recommended by Yoo Chihwan, he made his literary debut in 1955 with his "Silence", "Foil" and "In the Wind" published in Contemporary Literature.The Literature Translation Institute of Korea describes his work
Works in translation
- The Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry
- Drawing Lines
Works in Korean (partial)
Poetry collectionsEntrancementLine and DimensionThe Sea at DawnEverlasting Flower FieldOnly We Who Survived Greet JuneMaking BridgesReducing Little by LittleThe Mist of Your WordsAllegro for EncounterCriticism and theoryUnderstanding Contemporary Literature Theory of Contemporary Korean PoetryA Study of Modernism in Korea
- ''Reality and Humanist Literature''
Awards
- Hyundai Munhak Literary Prize
- Culture and Arts Prize of the Republic of Korea
- Award of Korea Publishers School
- Presidential Order of Merit for Education
- P.E.N. Korea Literary Award