Choi Jeongrye

Choi Jeongrye (* 1955 in Hwasǒng, Gyeonggi -do) is a South Korean poet.

Life

Choi Jeongrye was born in 1955 in Hwasǒng in Gyeonggi -do. You spent as teenagers like to spend time in the library and dreamed of becoming a writer. At Korea University, she studied Korean literature, had her literary debut until much later, in 1990. Was due, she gave in an interview that while studying literature on she made a terrifying impression and as a powerful ideology seemed, for which they would throw their lives away. They also lived in the belief that poetry could not be written by ordinary people like her, but this was a special, strong character. After completing her studies, Choi Jeongrye worked as a teacher of Korean literature, eventually married and gave birth to children. But then she realized that her escape from the Kreierung of literature did not make them happy.

In 2006 she participated in the International Writing Program part of the University of Iowa and in 2009 for a year as a visiting scientist at the University of California. Choi Jeongrye has her doctorate in modern Korean poetry and has taught at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul.

In her poems, the poet deals with the deeper consideration of time and memories. Embedded in this context is a process of self-discovery which serves others and to understand the world as a whole. By addressing scattered memories and the chaos of the time, it recognizes that the core of existence consists of the feeling of emptiness and loneliness. Choi Jeongryes language is chosen to be simple, but expressive, while not overflowing with meaningless emotions or analyzing. Simple, everyday words seem to be suddenly alien and provide new angles that show the pain of life. Despite this rather grim subject matter, the language remains dynamic and alive.

Working

Korean

  • 내 귓속 의 장대 나무 숲 The bamboo forest in my ear ( 1994) ISBN 8937405814
  • 햇빛 속에 호랑이 The tiger in the sunlight (1998) ISBN 9788933810866
  • 붉은 밭 Red Field (2001) ISBN 8936422103
  • 레바논 감정 Lebanon feelings (2006) ISBN 9788932016986
  • 그녀 의 입술 은 따스 하고 당신 의 것은 차 거든 Her lips are warm, your are cold (2006) ISBN 9788972753803
  • 시여 살아 있다면 힘껏 실패 하라 (2007) ISBN 9788901074566
  • 백석 시어 의 힘 (2008) ISBN 9788992362467
  • 캥거루 는 캥거루 고 나는 나 인데 A kangaroo is a kangaroo and I'm I (2011) ISBN 9788932022475

Translations

English

  • Instances: selected poems ( 최정례 시선 ), Parlor Press ( 2011)

Awards

  • 2012 - 제 14 회 백석 문학상 ( 14 Paeksǒk Literature Prize )
  • 2007 - 제 52 회 현대 문학상 ( 52 Gegenwartsliteratur price)
  • 2003 - 제 10 회 이수 문학상 ( 10 Yisun Literature Prize )
  • 1999 - 제 10 회 김달진 문학상 ( 10 Kim Tal -chin Literature Prize )
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