Kim Ki-taek

Kim Ki-taek
Hangeul	김기택
Revised Romanization	Gim Gi-taek
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Kit'aek
See also : Korean name

Kim Ki-taek (born November 6, 1957 in Anyang , Kyŏnggi-do ) is a South Korean poet .

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In his poetry, Kim focuses on the physical characteristics of people, especially the issues of physicality and violence. His texts describe fear and coercion as fundamental components of the human body and go into how material and psychological violence can leave traces there. He describes these traces as habits, which provide our own self-perception with information. He explores this process in his poems. For this reason he is often referred to as an 'observer of microscopic details'.

In one of his series of poems - rat (쥐), tiger (호랑이), snake (뱀), ox (소) - all of the poems are linked by a common motif and focus on the survival instinct: the tension that results from violence and Pain arises, which is inherent in the struggle for survival, is presented directly and without sentimentality. The logic of survival that colors Kim's poetry is permeated with the presence of new life. In the course of violence and pain that has been etched into our bodies for generations, the poet discovers a glimpse into a wondrous new world in all of its purity, innocence and mystery. This new world forces us to think about violence in life.

One of his critics said that Kim had both the intellect and the sensitivity necessary to face the problems in contemporary poetry. While his poetry may lack a certain lyrical quality, it reveals both profundity and insight in his observations, with which he penetrates the conventional thoughts and sensations that obscure our vision.

Work

Korean

Poetry collections

• 태아 의 잠 Sleep of the Embryo (1992)
• 바늘 구멍 속의 폭풍 Storm in the Eye of the Needle (1994)
• 사무원 The Office Worker (1999) ISBN 89-364-2185-9
• 소 Ox (2005) ISBN 89-320-1567-8
• 껌 Chewing Gum (2009)
• 갈라진다 갈라진다 Splitter, splitter (2012)

Works as a translator

• The pied piper of Hamelin 하멜른 의 피리 부는 사나이 (1995)
• The Mousehole cat 고양이 폭풍 (2003)
• Michael Rosen's sad book 내가 가장 슬플 때 (2004)
• Astro Bunnies 로켓 을 타고 간 토끼 (2004)
• The Forest 숲 속 에서 (2004)
• Happy Hans 행복한 한스 (2004)
• Clever Cat 똑똑한 고양이 (2005)

Translations

Spanish

• El Chicle (껌), Bonobos (2013)

Awards

• 1995: 김수영 문학상 ( Kim Su-yŏng Literature Prize )
• 2001: 현대 문학상 ( Prize for Contemporary Literature )
• 2004: 미당 문학상 ( Midang Literature Prize )
• 2004: 이수 문학상 ( Isu Literature Prize )
• 2006: 지훈 문학상 ( Chihun Literature Prize )
• 2009: 경희 문학상 ( Kyŏnghŭi Literature Prize )
• 2009: 상화 시 인상 ( Sanghwa Prize for young authors )
• 2013: 편운 문학상 ( P'yŏnun Literature Prize )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 김기택 ( 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 7, 2014 (English) 
2. ↑ 다음 백과 사전: 김기택  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 7, 2014 (Korean)  
3. ↑ Author Database of the LTI Korea: Kim Ki-taek ( 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 February 7, 2014 (English) 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Ki-taek is the first name.