Ku Sang

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Ku Sang
Hangeul 구상
Hanja 具 常
Revised
Romanization 		Gu Sang
McCune-
Reischauer 		Ku Sang

Ku Sang , born Ku Sang-jun, 구상준, (born September 16, 1919 in Seoul , † May 11, 2004 ) was a South Korean writer and poet .

Life

Ku Sang graduated from Nihon University with a degree in religious studies . After he had published his anti-communist poems Weg (길) and At the end of the day (여명 도) in the poetry collection fragrance (응향 [凝香]) of the Wonsan writers' association in 1946 , he fled to South Korea. Ku served as the deputy director of the group of writers appointed to cover the activities of the South Korean military during the Korean War . He has also served as the chief editor of Yeongnam Daily , editor of Kyunghyang Shinmun, and lecturer in poetry at Chungang University . He was a member of the Korean Art Academy .

Ku's poems commented on the injustice, inequality and absurdity of modern society. His works are strongly influenced by his Christian faith, which served the poet as a constant source of personal penance. They reflect the poet's search for a poetic aesthetic that has a solid ontological foundation. Ku rejects both an artistic sensibility that lacks spiritual depth and gross intellect that lacks historical awareness. The poet's attitude manifests itself in his collection of poems entitled Poems from the Ashes (초토 의 시) as if by itself.

These poems, based on Ku's own experiences from the Korean War, deal with the suffering caused by the war on the way to salvation. In addition to his Christian basis, Ku includes other spiritual and religious influences in his works. They also relate to the founding legends of the Korean people, traditional Korean culture , the elite culture of Chinese characters , nature, the tradition of contemplation in Sŏn Buddhism, and Taoist beliefs. Ku seamlessly fuses these different strands of belief with the Christian belief in salvation. In his constant contemplation of Korean tradition and religious beliefs, he brings the depth of human existence together with a constant awareness of historical significance. At the same time he tries to capture the realm of absolute faith with his poems. Ku published various collections of poetry such as B. Poems by Ku Sang (구상 시집), Poems from the Ashes (초토 의 시), On Dreyfus's Bank (드레퓌스 의 벤치 에서) and A Cycle of Poems by Ku Sang (구상 연작 시집).

A literature prize is named after him.

Work

Korean

  • 구상 시집 Poems by Ku Sang (1951)
  • 민주 고발 Charges against Democracy (1953)
  • 초토 의 시 Poems from the Ashes (1956)
  • 침언 부어 (沈 言 浮 語) Ch'imŏn puŏ (1960)
  • 영원 속의 오늘 Eternity in Today (1976)
  • 나자렛 예수 Jesus of Nazareth (1979)
  • 말씀 의 실상 The Truth of Words (1980)
  • 까마귀 Crow (1981)
  • 실존 적 확신 을 위하여 For existential belief! (1982)
  • 드레퓌스 의 벤치 에서 On the Dreyfus Bench (1984)
  • 구상 연작 시집 A cycle of poems by Ku Sang (1985)
  • 삶 의 보람 과 기쁨 The Value and Joy of Life (1986)
  • 개똥밭 A Dirty Field Full of Dog Dung (1987)
  • 시 와 삶 의 노트 Notes on Poetry and Life (1988)
  • 유치 찬란 Childish gloss (1989)
  • 조화 속 에서 In Harmony (1991)
  • 황진이 Hwang Chin-i (1994)
  • 오늘 속의 영원, 영원 속의 오늘 Eternity in Today, Today in Eternity (1996)
  • 인류 의 맹점 에서 In Society's Void (1998)

Translations

German

English

  • Wastelands of Fire: Poems by Ku Sang , Forest Books, (1989) ISBN 0-948259-82-5
  • Infant Splendor: Poems and Paintings , Samseong (1990)
  • Korean Century: River & Field , Forest Books, (1991) ISBN 978-1856100014

Italian

  • Il fiume di Cristoforo - Testo originale a fronte , D'Urso V., (2005) ISBN

French

  • Terre Brûlée - recueil de poemes , Thesaurus, (1986)
  • DOUZE POÈTES CORÉENS CONTEMPORAINS , Noroit, (2005) ISBN 978-2890185500

Awards

  • 1993 - 제 38 회 대한민국 예술 원상 (문학 부문) ( Art Prize of the Republic of Korea in the literature category )
  • 1993 - 대한민국 문학상 ( Korean Literature Prize )
  • 1957 - 서울시 문화상 ( Seoul City Culture Prize )
  • 1957 - 국민 훈장 동백장 ( Tongbaek People's Order )
  • 1957 - 화랑 무공 훈장 ( Hwarang Military Order )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 구상 ( 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 2, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / klti.libguides.com
  2. ↑ 네이버 지식 백과, 두산 백과: 구상 (具 常) Retrieved February 2, 2014 (Korean)
  3. ↑ Author Database of LTI Korea: Ku Sang ( 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 2, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eng.klti.or.kr
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Ku is the family name here, Sang is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Ku Sang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 구상 (Korean, Hangeul); 具 常 (Korean, Hanja); Gu Sang (Revised Romanization); Ku Sang-jun (maiden name); 구상준 (maiden name, Korean)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 2004