Kim Seung-Hee / 김승희 / 2007 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 20th century poetry > 1945-1999

"Seaweed and Shamans" captures Brenda Paik Sunoo’s 12-year journey of coming to terms with her 16-year-old son’s sudden and unexpected death. Heartfelt and at times heart-rending, a collection of 21 essays captures the third-generation Korean-American mother's journey of grief into solace. Instead of focusing on the immediate anguish of such a tragedy, each essay opens the door to the unexpected and sustaining gifts. This book is a chronicle of emotional insights from a writer wisened by experience and willing to share her tale of grief, survival, and embrace of life. "Seaweed and Shamans" is not a griever’s manual, but a memoir of self-healing and restoration.

Lee Hyang-ji et al / 이향지 et al / 2005 / -

Echoing Song presents the work of 20 contemporary Korean women poets active from the 1970s to the present. Each poet is represented with 10 to 15 poems reflecting the range of their poetic development. This anthology demonstrates the originality and variety of modern Korean women’s poetry. https://www.amazon.com/Echoing-Song-Contemporary-Korean-Voices/dp/1893996352

Kim Seung-Hee / 김승희 / 2004 / -

The 103 poems in this volume by Kim Seung-hee cover a number of themes: sacredness of the life force, conditions of women, mother-daughter relationship, and husband-wife relationship. "Female Buddha" paints a vivid picture of a woman's agony in the delivery room and the triumphant birth of a new life. In "The Legendary Flute of Shilla," Kim poses a question to her husband: "Is it possible to live together, yet as if not, or to live apart, yet as if together?" Her works also deal with the cold and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban life, and the longing for freedom as an absolute ideal. "Hijacking an Airplane" best expresses her desire to transcend existence and liberate the individual from everything that confines and oppresses. https://www.abebooks.com/9781931907132/Want-Hijack-Airplane-Selected-Poems-1931907137/plp

Park Jeonggeun et al / 박정근 et al / 2007 / KDC구분 > Arts

L'art de la pierre dans la culture coréenne La beauté à son apogée Complet et exhaustif, cet ouvrage se lit comme une découverte de la Corée au travers du prisme d'une matière naturelle et millénaire recelant les plus beaux et les plus incroyables secrets d'une civilisation. La pierre y est en effet révélée dans toutes ses utilisations et ses instrumentalisations dévolues aux multiples formes de fois et de croyances. Ainsi, elle devient tour à tour objet de vénération et de culte matérialisé par les dolmens - placés dans des lieux métaphysiquement stratégiques -, ainsi que par les roches phalliques ; et matériau de construction servant à la communication, au moyen de ponts, et à la protection, grâce aux murs de soutènement et aux forteresses si bien intégrées au paysage coréen. Elle constitue enfin un moyen d'atteindre la beauté tant recherchée, notamment représentée par les pagodes. Une certitude naît de ce livre abondamment illustré : la pierre n'a pas fini de nous délivrer tous ses messages, et il reste encore beaucoup à apprendre d'elle pour mieux comprendre l'évolution de la Corée, et mieux saisir une culture séculaire. La pierre n'est ici jamais froide, « la contrainte provenant de la dureté de la pierre est compensée par l'émotion qui se dégage de la sculpture ». Découvrez au fil des pages de L'Art de la pierre dans la culture coréenne, tous ces monuments fascinants érigés par l'homme, chargés d'une multitude de symboles et qui nous renseignent sur les nombreuses facettes d'une société.   Source: http://www.e-leclerc.com/espace culturel/produit/l-art-de-la-pierre-dans-la-culture-coréenne-la-beauté-à-son-apogée,17228908/#onglet_fiche_detaille

Kim Seung-Hee / 김승희 / 2011 / -

Kim Seung-Hee's poetry is usually described in Korea as "feminist," "subversive," and "surrealist." Most important is the way her poetic voices differ radically from any other Korean poet's, male or female. Her work has sometimes found a readier acceptance among readers of the English translations than among Koreans reading the originals, who are often puzzled by the seeming lack of conventional poetic themes and female sensitivity. Bilingual volume in English/Korean.   https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Washing-Line-Seung-Hee-Cornell/dp/1933947500

Kim Seung-hee et al / 김승희 / 2007 / -

Inspiré d'un ancien conte coréen qui retrace l'aventure épique et fantastique de Bari, septième fille d'un couple royal qui désirait un prince et qui l'abandonna sa naissance. En punition, le Roi lut frappé quelques années plus tard d'un mal incurable. Seule Bari se portera volontaire pour parcourir le monde à la recherche d'un antidote. Une magnifique épopée souvent racontée et chantée par les poètes chamanes, si attachés au traitement de l'infortune.

Kim Seung-hee et al / 김승희 / 2017 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 20th century poetry > 1945-1999

Kang Unkyo et al / 강은교 et al / 1995 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection & Library (more than 2 writers)

Poems by 100 Poets from Korea and Japan in the Post-War Era – Green Longing This anthology introduces the works of 100 poets from the post-war generation of both South Korea and Japan. It was published in both South Korea and Japan, 50 years after Japan’s defeat and South Korea’s liberation. It features a total of 124 Korean poems.

Joo Yohan et al / 주요한 et al / 2004 / -

Korea's modern poetry is filled with many different voices and styles, subjects and views, moves and countermoves, yet it still remains relatively unknown outside of Korea itself. This is in part because the Korean language, a rich medium for poetry, has been ranked among the most difficult for English speakers to learn. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry is the only up-to-date representative gathering of Korean poetry from the twentieth century in English, far more generous in its selection and material than previous anthologies. It presents 228 poems by 34 modern Korean poets, including renowned poets such as So Chongju and Kim Chiha. https://www.abebooks.com/9780231111294/Columbia-Anthology-Modern-Korean-Poetry-0231111290/plp

Kim Sun-Woo et al / 김선우 et al / 2016 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection & Library (more than 2 writers)

Throughout the twentieth century, few countries in Asia suffered more from foreign occupation, civil war, and international military conflict than Korea. The Colors of Dawn brings together the moving and powerful voices of over forty Korean poets from these turbulent years. From 1903 to 1945, the Japanese Empire occupied the Korean peninsula and instituted measures to annihilate the nation and its culture. After Japan's defeat in WWII, Korea became a killing ground during the Korean War (1950 to 1953). During this period and into the 1980s, South Korea was controlled by a military dictatorship, and today it remains on war footing. In the midst of internal and external conflicts, Korea's poets—threatened by the authorities with torture, imprisonment, and death—found ways to express their fierce desire for freedom and self-governance. The result is a century of outstanding poetry, from Sim Hun (1901) to more familiar modern and contemporary poets, such as Kim Chi-ha and Ko Ŭn. Source: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9566-9780824866228.aspx