Shin Yong-mok

SHIN YONG-MOK
Hangeul	신용목
Revised Romanization	Shin Yong-mok
McCune- Reischauer	Sin Yong-mok
See also : Korean name

Shin Yong-mok

Shin Yong-mok (* 1974 in Kŏch'ang , Kyŏngsangnam-do ) is a South Korean poet .

Life

Shin Yong-mok was born in 1974 in Kŏch'ang, South Kyŏngsang Province . He made his debut as a poet in 2000. He is still quite a young poet, with just three published collections of poetry. Like many other poets, he took part in various art groups as a high school student and has dreamed of a career as a professional writer ever since. At the time, however, Shin saw himself more as a fan of books with an interest in art workshops than a future poet. However, it is undeniable that this period had a huge impact on his future career. The activities of his working groups not only aroused his interest in literature, but also showed him the political and social role that literature plays.

Shin was influenced by older generations of activist poets, the so-called Minjung poets (민중 시인) such as B. Kim Nam-ju or Shin Kyong-nim and seriously occupied himself with the search for the path that literature must follow in society and in history. During his studies he lived a life of his own passionately and wrote poetry alongside his student activities. He was elected chairman of the student body, criticized the corruption in the foundations of the university and took part in a protest for democratization in educational institutions. He proved himself to be a man of letters who is not afraid to act politically if the situation requires it.

Yet his poetry is not caught up in an ideology or dogma, as has been the case with many before him. She conveys messages of love to society in gentle and understandable poetry and is based on his own firm belief that “coexistence with one's fellow human beings” is of greater value than “one's own happiness”. But of course his life was not completely free of conflicts, which is due to the fact that the urge for one's own success usually collides with the respect for and consideration for others and the community. Even amid the waves of neoliberalism , in which writers' competition is seen as a necessary evil, Shin attaches great importance to even the smallest bit of hope in order to uphold human dignity and freedom.

Work

Korean

• 그 바람 을 다 걸어야 한다 We Must Run All The Wind (2004)
• 바람 의 백만 번째 어금니 The one millionth molar of the wind (2007)
• 아무 날 의 도시 Any Day's City (2012)

Awards

• 2008 - 제 5 회 육사 시 문학상 젊은 시 인상 ( Yuksa Poetry Prize in the category of young authors )
• 2008 - 제 2 회 시작 문학상 ( Sijak Literature Prize )
• 2000 - 작가 세계 신인상 ( Prize for young authors from the magazine "Autorwelt" (Chakka segye) )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The spelling of the name preferred by the author according to the Korean Literature Authors Name Authority Database: 신용목 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 June 16, 2014 
2. ↑ 네이버 인물 검색: 신용목 Retrieved June 16, 2014 (Korean)
3. ↑ Author Database of LTI Korea: SHIN YONG-MOK ( 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 June 16, 2014 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Shin is the family name here, Yong-mok is the first name.