Kim Seung-hee

Kim Seung-hee
Hangeul	김승희
Hanja	金勝熙
Revised Romanization	Gim Seung-hui
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Sŭnghŭi
See also : Korean name

Kim Seung-hee (born March 1, 1952 in Kwangju ) is a South Korean writer and poet .

Life

Kim Seung-hee was born on March 1, 1952 in Kwangju . She graduated from Ch'ŏnnam Girls' High School , studied English literature, and then did a PhD in Korean literature from Sogang University . In 1973 she made her debut with the poem Das Wasser im Bild (그림 속의 물), which was published in the magazine Kyŏnghyang sinmun (경향 신문).

Her early works are characterized by a tendency to formalism or to 'art for art's sake' as well as the use of sharp and uninhibited language. Her later poetry, however, evolved into an exploration of everyday reality and the questions of eternal existence in freedom.

Work (selection)

Korean

Poetry collections

• 태양 미사 sun Fair (1979)
• 왼손 을 위한 협주곡 Concerto for the Left Hand (1983)
• 미완성 을 위한 연가 Song for the Unfinished (1987), ISBN 89-300-1004-0 .
• 달걀 속의 生 Life in the Chicken Egg (1989)
• 어떻게 밖으로 나갈까 How do I get outside? (1991)

Essays

• 고독 을 가리키는 시계 바늘 The clock hand that shows loneliness (1976)
• 영혼 은 외로운 소금 밭 The soul is a lonely salt field (1980)
• 벼랑 의 노래 Song of the Abyss (1984)

Novels

• 산타페 로 가는 사람 The Man Who Goes to Santa Fe (1997), ISBN 89-364-3645-7 .
• 왼쪽 날개 가 약간 무거운 새 The bird whose right wing was a little heavy (1999), ISBN 89-7063-189-5 .

Translations

English

• Walking on a Washing Line: Poems by Kim Seung-hee (김승희 시선), Cornell Univ. East Asia Program (2011), ISBN 978-1-933947-20-4 .
• I want to Hijack an Airplane (김승희 시선), Homa & Sekey (2004), ISBN 1-931907-13-7 .

Awards

• 1992: 소월 시 문학상 ( Sowŏl Poetry Prize )
• 2003: 고 정희상 ( Ko Chŏng hŭi Prize )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 김승희 ( 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. ↑ 네이버 인물 검색: 김승희 Retrieved February 25, 2014 (Korean)
3. ↑ Author Database of LTI Korea: Kim Seung-hee ( 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 25, 2014 

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, Seung-hee is the first name.