Kim Yong Taik

Kim Yong Taik
Hangeul	김용택
Hanja	金龍澤
Revised Romanization	Gim Yong-taek
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Yongt'aek
See also : Korean name

Kim Yong Taik (born September 28, 1948 in Imsil , Ch'ŏllabuk-do ) is a South Korean poet .

Life

Kim Yong Taik was born on September 28, 1948 in Imsil , Ch'ŏllabuk-do . He made his official debut in 1982 when eight of his poems were published in an anthology of famous lyric poets. In 1985 he published his first own collection of poems.

The starting point of Kim's works is what is forgotten in the hectic pace of modern life, the land, a blade of grass, the smell of mother's hair. His loving and sensitive observation of the everyday life of people who live in the country gave city dwellers an unadulterated representation of rural life. The virtues of his poems lie in the keen, critical spirit that accompanies his intimate depictions of country life; the poetic sensitivity of the poet is accompanied by a stern voice of criticism. In his work Even if the song is out of rhythm, the drums keep beating the rhythm (마당 은 비뚤어 졌어 도 장구 는 바로 치자), for example, Kim disapproves of the city politicians and government decision-makers who he believes are reports about falsified and twisted the situation of the peasants.

His poetic undertaking is based on the sincere desire to endow rural society with dignity. However, this simple gesture is prone to criticism. His need for fellowship is sincere, and that is lacking in the intricate theories of modernity. The robust and critical spirit of his poems derives from the use of the Ch'ŏlla dialect in poetic forms such as Kasa (가사), T'aryŏng (타령), and P'ansori (판소리). The combination of dialect, proverbs and idioms enhances the rural feeling. Using traditional rhythms enables his lyric to create tension, anger and laughter.

Work

Korean

Poetry collections

• 섬진강 The Sŏmjin River. 1985, ISBN 89-364-2046-1 .
• 맑은 날 A clear day. 1986, ISBN 89-364-2056-9 .
• 누 이야 날 이 저문다 Sister, the sun is going down! 1988.
• 꽃산 가는 길 The way to the flower mountain . 1988, ISBN 89-364-2070-4 .
• 그리운 꽃 편지 Beloved flower letter . 1989.
• 강 같은 세월 Time flows like a river. 1995, ISBN 89-364-2130-1 .
• 그 여자 네 집 The woman's house. 1998.
• 나무 tree. 2002, ISBN 89-364-2214-6 .
• 연애 시집 Poetry collection for lovers. 2002.
• 그래서 당신 Therefore ... 2006, ISBN 89-546-0135-9 .
• 키스 를 원하지 않는 입술 The lips that don't want to be kissed. 2013, ISBN 978-89-364-2360-5 .

Poems

• 사람들 은 왜 모를까 Why do you think people don't know?

Children's poetry collections

• 콩, 너는 죽었다 K'ong, you are dead! 1998, ISBN 89-392-0339-9 .

Prose collections

• 섬진강 을 따라 가며 보라 Along the Sŏmjin River.
• 그리운 것들은 산 뒤에 있다 The things that are missing are behind the mountain.

Children's novels

• 옥 이야 진 메야 Ok or Chinme.

Awards

• 1986: 김수영 문학상 ( Kim Su-yŏng Literature Prize )
• 1997: 소월 시 문학상 ( Sowŏl Poetry Literature Prize )
• 2002: 소충 사선 문화상 ( Soch'ung Sasŏn Culture Prize )
• 2012: 윤동주 문학 대상 ( Yun Tong-ju Literature Prize )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 김용택 ( 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 27, 2014 (English) 
2. ↑ 네이버 인물 검색: 김용택 Retrieved February 27, 2014 (Korean)
3. ↑ Author Database of LTI Korea: Kim Yong Taik ( 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 27, 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, Yong Taik is the first name.