Cheon Sang-byeong

Cheon Sang- byeong ( born January 29, 1930 in Japan, † 28 April 1993) was a South Korean poet.

Life

Cheon Sang- byeong moved to Korea in 1945 in the city of Masan. 1949, when he was still a student, his first poem was published. He enrolled at Seoul National University, but did not graduate.

In 1967 he was involved in an East Berlin spy incident and then barely six months in prison, where he was tortured. Mentally and physically abused, sank the author in alcohol. When he was found unconscious on the street, you do not agreed his family or friends, but took him against his will in a mental institution. His family believed he was dead, and published in his memory an anthology of his poems. Cheon Sang- byeong recovered and gained through marriage back stability in his life. He then began to write poetry again.

His poems are known for their simplicity and clarity.

Even after his death, his popularity and therefore the associated success did not break off. Thus, the Cheon Sang- byeong Poetry Prize is awarded annually and held a festival in his name since 2004.

His wife Mok Sun -ok wrote a book about life with the author, which was published in 2006 in English under the title My Husband the Poet.

Working

Korean

Poetry collections

  • 새 Bird (1971 )
  • 주막 에서 In the pub (1979 )
  • 저승 가는데 도 여비 가든 다면 Even the journey to the afterlife costs money (1987 )
  • 귀천 return to heaven ( 1989)
  • 도적놈 셋 이서 There were three thieves (1990 )
  • 요놈 요놈 요 이쁜 놈 Pretty guy (1991 )
  • 아름다운 이세상 소풍 끝내는 날 The day the tour ends (1991 )
  • 나 하늘 로 돌아가네 I go back to heaven (1993 )

Essay collection

  • 한낮 의 별빛 을 너는 보느냐 Do you see the starlight at noon? (1994)

Prose collection

  • 괜찮다 괜찮다 다 괜찮다 It's ok, it's ok, it's all ok (1990 )

Translations

English

  • Back to Heaven: Selected Poems of Ch'on Sang Pyong ( Cornell East Asia Series Volume 77), Cornell University East Asia Program ( 1995)
  • Retour au ciel ( 귀천 ) Autres Temps (2001)

Spanish

  • Regreso al cielo ( 귀천 ) Editorial Verbum (2000)
  • Goge dőnüş ( 귀천 ) Ozgür Yayinlari (2008)

Serbian

  • ПОВРАТАК НА НЕЪО ( 귀천 ), Dnevnik (2006)
  • ÎNTOARCEREA in CER ( 천상병 시선집 ), Editura Institutului Cultural Român (2004)

Awards

  • 2003 - 은관 문화 훈장 ( Silver Order of Culture )
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