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Kim Jun Tae(김준태)

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Title
Kim Jun Tae
Family Name
Kim
First Name
Jun Tae
Preferred Name
Kim Jun Tae
Pen Name
Kim Joon-tai, Kim Jun Tae, Kim Chun-t`ae
ISNI
-
Birth
1948
Death
-
Occupation
Poet
Period
Classical
Representative Works
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Kim Jun Tae (1948~) is a South Korean poet. He made his literary debut in 1969 with the publication of his poem “Chamkkaereul teolmyeonseo” (참깨를 털면서 Shaking Sesame Seeds) in the magazine Poet. Using his concrete and fierce poetic language, Kim records the painful lives of peasants and workers, and depicts people’s aspirations for democracy as well as resistance to the dictatorship. In 1986, he was awarded the Jeollanam-do Cultural Award.

 ·          Poetry collection Naneun haneunimeul boatda (나는 하느님을 보았다 I Saw God) (1981)

·          Poetry collection Gukbapgwa himang (국밥과 희망 Rice Soup and Hope) (1983)

·          Poetry collection Kalgwa heuk (칼과 흙 Knife and Earth) (1989) 

김준태(1948~)는 한국의 시인이다. 1969년 잡지<시인>에 <참깨를 털면서>를 추천받으며 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 농민과 노동자의 고통스러운 삶을 기록하고 민주화에 대한 열망과 독재정권에 대한 저항을 구체적이고 치열한 시어로 그려내었다. 1986년 전라남도문화상을 수상했다. 

  • 시집<나는 하느님을 보았다>(1981), <국밥과 희망>(1983),<칼과 흙>(1989)

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