Author: Moon Dok-su
Translators: Chang Soo Ko and Julie Pickering
ISBN-13: 978-1-931907-12-5
ISBN-10: 1931907129
Order No. 1023
5.5 x 8.5, Paperback
112 pages, 2004
$11.95
BOOK DESCRIPTION
This selection of Moon Dok-su's poems includes some eighty of his poems
chosen from among a dozen different books and magazines. These poems cover
a variety of subjects and show Moon's perception of the world as well
as his modernistic approach to poetic inspiration.
He paints landscapes unseen in traditional Korean poetic scenes - landscapes
made up of barbed wires, electric gadgets, machinery, elevators, automobiles,
concrete buildings, and the likes that often assume novel and bizarre
appearances amid traditional and habitual landscapes. His poetry also
shows his lyric impulses and his strong attachment to Korean poetic tradition.
THE AUTHOR
Born in Korea in 1928, Moon Dok-su has published sixteen volumes
of poetry and several volumes of literary criticism. He is a member of
the Korea Academy of Arts, has served as Chairman of the Korea Culture
and Arts Foundation and President of the Korea Chapter of International
P.E.N. He also served as president and organizer of the 12th World Congress
of Poets held in Seoul in 1990.
Moon Dok-su has won numerous literary distinctions including the Modern
Literature Award, the P.E.N. Literary Prize, the Korea Culture and Arts
Award, and the Modern Poets Award.
