Kim So-wŏl

Kim So-wŏl
Kim So-wŏl
Hangeul	김소월
Hanja	金 素 月
Revised Romanization	Gim So-weol
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Sowŏl
See also : Korean name

Kim So-wŏl (born August 6, 1902 in Kusŏng , P'yŏngan-pukto ; † December 24, 1934 in Kwaksan , P'yŏngan-pukto) was a Korean poet .

Life

Kim So-wŏl was born on August 6, 1902 in Kusŏng , P'yŏngan-pukto . He completed his education at the Paejae High School in Seoul and enrolled at the Tokyo University of Commerce in 1923 , but exmatriculated again in September of the same year after the great Kanto earthquake . His poet career officially began in 1920 when he published five poems. He was strongly influenced by Kim Ŏk and left a life's work consisting of approx. 270 poems, 17 of which were translated. He died on December 24, 1934 in Kwaksan, the homeland of his ancestors.

Kim was a major contributor to early Korean poetry. In the 1920s, Korean literary circles, built on the individual publications of their members, saw the introduction of European literature and the birth of 'modern poetry' in the three-verse tradition. During this fertile period, Kim produced poetry inspired by folk songs, rooted in traditional rhythms as well as Korean folk sentiments. His style was similar to that of his predecessors Kim Ŏk and Chu Yo-han , although the poet also paved the way to new dimensions in poetics and technique during his long and creative career.

Work

Korean

Poems

• 낭인 의 봄 Spring of the unemployed (1920)
• 엄마야 누나 야 Mom! Sister! (1922)
• 가는 길 On the way (1923)
• 산유화 (山 有 花) Sanyuhwa (1924)
• 진달래 꽃 Azalia (1925)
• 초혼 (招魂) war dead (1925)
• 개 여울 Rapids (1922)

Translations

English

• The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry (한국 현대 시선집), Columbia University Press (2004) ISBN 978-0231111294

French

• Fleurs d'azalée (진달래 꽃), Autres Temps, ISBN 978-2911873676
• Poésie coréenne contemporaine (한국 현대 시), Comité d 'Europe (1991) ISBN 978-2908805154

Awards

• 1981: 금관 문화 훈장 ( Order for Cultural Merit in Gold )
• 1999: 한국 예술 평론가 협의회 선정 20 세기 를 빛낸 한국 의 예술인 ( Award as successful artist of the 20th century by the Association of Korean Art Critics )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 네이버 인물 검색: 김소월 Retrieved February 25, 2014 (Korean)
2. ↑ Author Database of the LTI Korea: Kim Sowol ( 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, So-wŏl is the first name.