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English(English) E-Book

Dawn of Labor

About the E-Books

Author
PARK NOHAE
Co-Author
-
Translator
Cheehyung Harrison Kim
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Published Year
2024
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 20th century poetry

Original Title
노동의 새벽
Romanization of Original
Nodongui saebyeok
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9780824896430
Page
-

About the Author

Park Nohae
  • Park Nohae
  • Birth : 1957 ~ -
  • Occupation : Poet
  • First Name : Nohae
  • Family Name : Park
  • Korean Name : 박노해
  • ISNI : 0000000380879096
  • Works : 9
About the Original Work
노동의 새벽
  • 노동의 새벽
  • Author : Park Nohae
  • Published Year : 2014
  • English Title : DAWN OF LABOR
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

Dawn of Labor, at last translated into English, is the legendary South Korean poet Park Nohae's first collection, published in 1984 when he was twenty-seven years old. Despite a government ban, the book sold a million copies and propelled Park Nohae as the generation's leading resistance poet. Dawn of Labor is an enduring classic that shook a society, transformed lives, and demonstrated the power of poetry.
The war of night labor once over,
I pour cold soju over my aching heart.
Ah . . . I can't go on like this for long.
For sure, I can't go on like this.
—"Dawn of Labor"
If I ever kill myself, I'll probably do it at dawn.
—"For a Peaceful Evening"
We too want to become heaven.
Not a dark clouded heaven
that presses down,
but a clear blue heaven
over a world that lifts one another.
—"Heaven"

Source: https://lti.overdrive.com/media/9970661?cid=37224

Translated Books1

  • Dawn of Labor
    English(English) Book
    Dawn of Labor
    PARK NOHAE / 박노해 / 2024 / -