Choi Jeongrye

Choi Jeongrye
Hangeul	최정례
Hanja	崔正禮
Revised Romanization	Choe Jeong-nye
McCune- Reischauer	Ch'oe Chŏngnye
See also : Korean name

Choi Jeongrye (* 1955 in Hwasŏng , Kyŏnggi-do ) is a South Korean poet .

Life

Choi enjoyed spending time in the library as a teenager and dreamed of becoming a writer. She studied Korean literature at Korea University , but did not make her debut until much later, in 1990. The reason she gave in an interview was that while studying literature she made a terrifying impression and felt like a powerful ideology for she thought she had to throw away her life. In addition, she lived in the belief that poetry could not be written by ordinary people like you, but that a special, strong character was required. After graduating from college, Choi Jeongrye worked as a teacher of Korean literature and eventually got married and gave birth to children. Then she realized, however, that escaping from literary work did not make her happy.

In 2006 she took part in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and was a visiting scholar at the University of California for one year in 2009 . Choi Jeongrye holds a PhD in Korean Modern Poetry and teaches at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul.

In her poems, the poet deals with the deeper consideration of time and memories. Embedded in this context is a process of self-discovery that serves to understand others and the world as a whole. In dealing with scattered memories and the chaos of time, she realizes that the core of existence is the feeling of emptiness and loneliness. Choi Jeongrye's language is chosen simply, but expressive, but not overflowing with meaningless emotions or analyzing. Simple, everyday words suddenly seem strange and allow new perspectives that reveal the pain of life. Despite this rather gloomy subject matter, the language remains dynamic and lively.

Work

Korean

• 내 귓속 의 장대 나무 숲 The bamboo forest in my ear (1994) ISBN 8937405814
• 햇빛 속에 호랑이 The Tiger in Sunlight (1998) ISBN 9788933810866
• 붉은 밭 Red Field (2001) ISBN 8936422103
• 레바논 감정 Lebanon Feelings (2006) ISBN 9788932016986
• 그녀 의 입술 은 따스 하고 당신 의 것은 차 거든 Your lips are warm, yours are cold (2006) ISBN 9788972753803
• 시여 살아 있다면 힘껏 실패 하라 If you go through life miserable , then you shall fail (2007) ISBN 9788901074566
• 백석 시어 의 힘 The power of Paek Sŏk's poetry (2008) ISBN 9788992362467
• 캥거루 는 캥거루 고 나는 나 인데 A kangaroo is a kangaroo and I am me (2011) ISBN 9788932022475

Translations

English

• Instances: selected poems ( 최정례 시선 ), Parlor Press (2011)

Awards

• 1999: 제 10 회 김달진 문학상 ( Kim Tal-chin Literature Prize )
• 2003: 제 10 회 이수 문학상 ( Isu Literature Prize )
• 2007: 제 52 회 현대 문학상 ( Prize for Contemporary Literature )
• 2012: 제 14 회 백석 문학상 ( Paek Sǒk Literature Prize )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 최정례 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on February 25, 2014 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Author Database of LTI Korea: Choi Jeong-rye ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on February 25, 2014 
3. ↑ Naver 지식 백과: 최정례 , accessed February 25, 2014 (Korean)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Montevidayo: “Accessing a Limitless Vein of Words”: Ruth Williams Interviews Jeongrye Choi , accessed on February 25, 2014 (English)
5. ↑ Amazon: Jeongrye Choi , accessed on February 25, 2014 (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Choi is the family name here, Jeongrye is the first name.