Kim Ch'un-su

Kim Ch'un-su (November 25 1922 - November 29 2004) was one of the leading South Korean poets of the late twentieth century. He won numerous literary awards and was a professor of Korean Literature. His works have been translated into English, German and Spanish.

Kim was born in Chungmu (present-day Tongyeong). He studied literature at Nihon University in Japan from 1940 to 1943, at which time he was expelled and jailed for speaking against the Japanese Empire. After his release seven months later, he returned to Korea and taught in middle and high schools. He began to publish poetry in 1946. He joined the faculty of Kyungpook National University in 1965, and became Dean of the Department of Literature at Yeungnam University in 1978. In 1981, he was elected to the National Assembly.

Bibliography

Kim Ch'un-Su, "The Snow Falling on Chagall's Village: Selected Poems." Translated from Korean into English by Kim Jong-Gil. Cornell East Asia Series, 93. Ithaca, NY: East Asia Program, Cornell University, 1998.

ee also

*List of Korean language poets
*Korean poetry
*Korean culture
*List of Korea-related topics

External links

* [http://www.peperkorn.de/27info.htm] de icon
* [http://www.peperkorn.de/27nachw.htm] de icon
* [http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/KimChunsu.htm Translation of two Kim Chun-su poems]
* [http://www.sogang.ac.kr/~anthony/klt/96fall/kimchunsu.htm Essay and additional translations]
* [http://koreaweb.ws/ks/ksr/ksr99-01.htm Hughes, Theodore, Review of "The Snow Falling on Chagall's Village"]
* [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200411/kt2004112915475510620.htm Obituary from the Korea Times]