Jeong Ho-seung
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Jeong Hoseung, also Jeong Ho-seung[1] (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, born 1950), is a popular South Korean poet.[2]
Life
Born in South Gyeongsang Province in 1950, Jeong Hoseung grew up in Daegu, and graduated with a degree in Korean literature from Kyung Hee University.[3] That same year, he began to contribute to the literary magazine 반시(反詩) (Against Poetry), and published his first novel, Memorial Service (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1982).[4] He was the winner of the Tenth Dong Seo Literary Prize in 1997,[5] also winning the Sowol Poetry Prize[4]
Career
Jeong's themes include societal schisms, poverty and alienation, but his work is noted to present these themes with lyrical grace and innocence that removes any trace of hectoring. Jeong intentionally focuses on suffering in the hope that in despair some hope can be found and that this can become the basis for a more successful future.[4] The poet also depicts the resentment and enmity that stirs in the hearts of farmers and workers whose very roots have been taken from them in a sterile South Korean society, and their attempts to resist and overcome these conditions. He spoke for the masses and took as his poetic duty, praising people for their willful and courageous attitude toward life and helping them believe in their future.[6]
Jeong Hoseung's style of writing has often been described as being similar to traditional Korean folk songs or popular ballads.[7]
Selected works
Works in Korean (partial)
Poetry collections
- Sorrow to Joy (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1979)
- Jesus in Seoul (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1982)
- Sunrise Letter (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1987)
- The Stars Are Warm (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1990)
- The Unshakable Reed (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1991)
- Die in Love (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1997)
- Because I Am Lonely, I Am Human (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1998)
- When Tears Come, Take the Train (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1999)
- The Person I Love (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- For This Short Time (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2004)
- Embrace (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2007)
- The Cost of Rice (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2010)
- Wayfaring (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2013)
- To the Daffodil (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2015)
- A Letter Not Sent (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2016) - bilingual (English and Korean) Template:ISBN
- Though Flowers Fall I Have Never Forgotten You (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2016) - bilingual (English and Korean)
- I Refuse Hope (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2017)
Children's books
- The Magpie That Flew to the Sea (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1996)
- The Sorrows of Emily Jong (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Works in Translation
- Five poems in Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature and Culture (2011) - translated by Mia You
- "Snail" in Alchemy: Journal of Translation (2012) - translated by Mia You
- "South Han River" in Alchemy: Journal of Translation (2012) - translated by Mia You
- Though Flowers Fall I Have Never Forgotten You: The Collected Poems of Jeong Ho-seung (2016) - translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé and Susan Hwang (Template:ISBN)
- Loving (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2020) - translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé (Template:ISBN)
- Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 2020) - translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé (Template:ISBN)
Awards
- Hankook Ilbo New Spring Literary Contest (1972)
- Sowol Poetry Prize (1989)
- Chosun Ilbo New Spring Literary Contest (1973)
- Daehan Daily New Spring Literary Contest (1973)
- Chosun Ilbo New Spring Literary Contest (1982)
- Jeong Jiyong Literature Prize (2000) - for "Heaven's Net" (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
References
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- ↑ a b c KLTI. Korean Writers The Poets. Minumsa Publishing, Seoul, Korea. 2005.
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- ↑ Source-attribution|"Jeong Ho-seung" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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