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Jang Seokju(장석주)

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Title
Jang Seokju
Family Name
Jang
First Name
Seokju
Preferred Name
-
Pen Name
張錫周
ISNI
0000000080848052
Birth
1955
Death
-
Occupation
Writer, Poet
Period
Modern
Representative Works
-
  • Descriptions
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  • Chinese(汉语)

Jang Seokju (1955-) is a South Korean poet. He began his literary career when he won the Wolgan Munhak New Writer Award in 1975 and the Chosun Ilbo Spring Literary Contest in 1979. Recognizing love and death as a single scene, he uses poetry to record the process of looking for the meaning of life in that scene. He writes and publishes books in various genres. He is the recipient of the Yeongrang Poetry Award. 


l  Poetry collection Monghaehangno (몽해항로 The Voyage to the Black Sea) (2010)

l  Poetry collection Heeojin saramui pume eolgureul mutgo ureotda (헤어진 사람의 품에 얼굴을 묻고 울었다 I Cried with My Face Buried in My Ex-Lover’s Chest) (2019)


장석주(1955~)는 한국의 시인이다. 1975년 <월간 문학>신인상에 당선, 1979년 <조선일보>신춘문예에 당선되며 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 인간의 죽음과 사랑을 하나의 장면으로 인식하고 그것을 통해 삶의 의미를 찾아가는 과정을 시로 풀어내고 있다. 작가는 다양한 장르의 글을 쓰고 책을 펴내고 있다. 영랑시문학상을 수상했다. 


张锡周(1955-),韩国诗人。1975年获《月刊文学》新人奖,1979年作品入选《朝鲜日报》新春文艺,从此开始创作活动。其诗作将人类的死亡与爱情视为同一事物,再现了从中寻找人生意义的过程。目前正在创作不同体裁的作品和图书。曾获永郎诗文学奖。


诗集《梦海航路》(《몽해항로》,2010)、《把脸埋在离别者怀中哭泣》(《헤어진 사람의 품에 얼굴을 묻고 울었다》,2019)

Translated Books2