The Early Lyrics 1941-1960

Chong-Ju So

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell East Asia
• So Chong Ju, also known by the penname Midang, was born in Sonum village in the North Cholla Province of Korea, in 1915. His first poems were publishe... Lees meer

Concealed Words

Sin Yong Mok

• Paperback | Engels
• A debut English-language collection of hopeful and carefully attentive poems by one of South Korea's most lauded young poets. This collection offers a... Lees meer

The Depths of a Clamshell

Brother Anthony

• Paperback | Engels | Korean Voices | nr. 9
• Kim Kwang-kyu was born in Seoul in 1941 and is a professor in the German language and literature department at Hanyang University. He has written poet... Lees meer

Patterns

Si-Young Lee, Yoo Hui-Sok

• Paperback | Engels
• Born in Gurye, South Korea, in 1949, Lee Si-young began publishing poetry in 1969, and has now published numerous volumes, from which Patterns selects... Lees meer

Back to Heaven

Ch'on Sang Pyong, Young-Moo Kim

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell East Asia
• These poems by "the happiest man in the world" are full of light though written in dark times. Ch'ôn had the art of seeing the beauty of life beyond a... Lees meer

The Rabbit's Tale 2020

Duk Kyu Park

• Paperback | Engels
• The Korean classical novel Rabbit's Tale (kor. Toggijeon) tells the story of a Dragon King who falls ill, and learns that only the special properties ... Lees meer

Dawn of Labor

Nohae Park

• Paperback | Engels | Hawai'i Studies on Korea
• 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... Lees meer

Back to Heaven

Ch'on Sang Pyong, Young-Moo Kim

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell East Asia
• These poems by "the happiest man in the world" are full of light though written in dark times. Ch'ôn had the art of seeing the beauty of life beyond a... Lees meer

Himalaya Poems

Ko Un

• Paperback | Engels
• Ko Un is like a force of nature. A close contender for the Nobel Prize over the past several years, the august Korean poet Ko Un is represented here b... Lees meer

Farmers' Dance

Shin Kyong-Nim

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell East Asia
• Shin Kyong-Nim's first volume of poems, Farmers' Dance (Nong-mu), marked a major new step in the development of modern Korean poetry when it was publi... Lees meer

Korean Tea Classics by Hanjae Yi Mok and the Venerable Cho-Ui

Hanjae Yi Mok

• Paperback | Engels
• Most of the books about tea published across the world in recent years make no mention of the tea produced in Korea. Likewise, people who study the li... Lees meer

Walking on a Washing Line

Seung-Hee Kim

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell East Asia
• Kim Seung-Hee's poetry is usually described in Korea as "feminist," "subversive," and "surrealist." Most important is the way her poetic voices differ... Lees meer

Romantic Tales from Old Korea

• Paperback | Engels
• There are not many old Korean love tales, but everyone knows the story of Chunhyang. In 1892, the first Korean to visit Paris, Hong Jong-u, helped pub... Lees meer

Until Peonies Bloom

Kim Yeong-Nang

• Hardcover | Engels
• Kim Yeong-nang (1903-1950) is highly reputed in Korea for the delicate lyricism of his poems. Yet in many ways he has remained little known, even in K... Lees meer

My Husband the Poet

Mok Mok Sun-Ok

• Paperback | Engels
• A deeply personal account of life as a poet's wife is now available in English. Mok Sun-ok, poet Chon Sang-pyong's wife of over 20 years, writes about... Lees meer

Until Peonies Bloom

Kim Yeong-Nang

• Paperback | Engels
• Kim Yeong-nang (1903-1950) is highly reputed in Korea for the delicate lyricism of his poems. Yet in many ways he has remained little known, even in K... Lees meer

Eternity Today

Ku Sang

• Paperback | Engels
• To celebrate the first anniversary of his death, a book of selected poems by the late Ku Sang (1919-2004) has been published by Seoul Selection in Eng... Lees meer

Eerie Tales from Old Korea

Brother Anthony

• Paperback | Engels
• Homer B. Hulbert and James S. Gale, two of the most famous North American missionaries to come to Korea in the 1880s, were very fond of ghost stories,... Lees meer

Eyes of Dew

Chonggi Mah

• Paperback | Engels | Korean Voices
• Chonggi Mah represents a unique figure in Korean poetry similar to that of William Carlos Williams, but with a twist. While he is recognized as an awa... Lees meer

Dawn of Labor

Nohae Park

• Hardcover | Engels | Hawai'i Studies on Korea
• 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... Lees meer