Choi Seung-ho

Choi Seung-ho
Hangeul	최승호
Hanja	崔 勝 鎬
Revised Romanization	Choe Seung-ho
McCune- Reischauer	Ch'oe Sŭng-ho
See also : Korean name

Choi Seung-ho (born September 1, 1954 in Ch'unch'ŏn , Kangwon-do ) is a South Korean poet .

Life

Choi Seungho studied at Ch'ungch'ŏn National University of Education and after graduating in 1975 worked as a primary school teacher in Kangwon Province . In 1975 he published his first poem, Vivaldi , in the magazine "Moderne Poetik ". When he received the award for his poetry book Snowstorm Warning in the 1980s as the "Prize for Today's Authors", he suddenly became known as a poet. His poems deal critically with modern civilization, often creating images that he takes from nature. Therefore, his works are assigned to ecology .

The best-known collections of poetry by Choi are Snowstorm Warning (1983), The Hedgehog Village (1985), Pleasures of the Secular City (1990), Confessions (1991), Burning Night (1993), Thoughts on Evening Primrose (1995), Safety Zone for Fireflies (1995) and Snowman (1996). The lion with the golden mane , Talma's Silence and The Soft Book are prose works. Who laughed? and The Strange House are picture books. Choi Seung-ho himself divides the 20 years of his lyrical work to date into three phases: the early days, during which he reacted sensitively to reality, the time when he was interested in the inner life of people and the time before and after his preference for Grotesques .

Work

Korean

Volumes of poetry

• 대설 주의보 Snow storm warning Seoul: Minŭmsa 1983
• 고슴도치 의 마을 The Hedgehog Village Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1985
• 진흙 소 를 타고 On the back of the clay buffalo Seoul: Munhak-kwa chisŏngsa 1987
• 세속 도시 의 즐거움 Amusements of the Secular City of Seoul: Segyesa 1989
• 회 저의 밤 Burning Night Seoul: Segyesa 1993
• 그로테스크 Grotesque Seoul: Minŭmsa 1999
• 아무것도 아니 면서 모든 것 인 나 I am everything and nothing Seoul: Yŏllimwon 2003

Translations

German

• Autobiography from Eis Wallstein 2011 ISBN 978-3835309760

English

• Flowers in the Toilet Bowl Homa & Sekey 2004
• Cracking the Shell: Three Korean Ecopoets Seungho Choi, Chiha Kim, Hyonjong Chong Homa & Sekey Books 2005. ISBN 978-1931907408

Spanish

• Yo que soy nada, lo soy todo Agenda de la Ciudad de México 2010
• GROTESQUE Huerga y Fierro Editores; Edition: 1 (7 août 2010) ISBN 978-8483747902

French

• Alerte à la neige Editions Autres Temps 2007. ISBN 978-2845212985

Awards

• 2008 - Kach'ŏn Environmental Literature Prize in the Poetry category
• 2003 - Midang Literature Prize
• 2002 - Prize for Contemporary Literature
• 2000 - Taesan Literature Prize
• 1990 - Isan Literature Prize
• 1986 - Kim Su-yŏng Literature Prize
• 1982 - Prize for Today's Authors

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 최승호 ( 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 January 25, 2014. 
2. ↑ Naver: Choi Seung-ho , accessed August 8, 2013 (Korean).
3. ↑ LTI Korea: 문인 DB: Choi Seung-ho ( memento of the original from November 11, 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 August 5, 2013 (Korean). 
4. ↑ LTI Korea: LiteraTOUR Korea Korean authors Choi Seoungho ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2013 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 August 5, 2013 (German). 

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, Seung-ho is the first name.