Language Korean Alma mater Sogang University Nationality South Korean Name Kim Seung-hee | Ethnicity Korean Role Poet Citizenship South Korean Education Sogang University | |
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Born March 1, 1952 (age 72)
Gwangju ( 1952-03-01 ) | ||
Kim Seung-hee (The romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea) is a Korean poet, essayist and novelist.
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Life
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" (The Water in the Painting) when it won an entry in the Annual Contest for new writers held by Kyung-hyang Shin-mun (Kyung-Hyang Daily). Kim is currently a professor of Korean Literature at Sogang University.
Work
The early work of Kim Seung-hee 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.
Awards
Sowol Poetry Prize (1991)
Works in Translation
Works in Korean (Partial)
Poetry
Essays
Novels