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 published in the late 1930s; his first collection of poems dates from 1941. The present volume contains the complete poems of his first four collections, on which his reputation as Korea's leading living poet largely rests. He has published many volumes of poetry, as well as poems published separately. He has edited a number of anthologies and published works on literary history and criticism. He was for many years a professor at the Buddhist University, Dongguk University, in Seoul, where he is now Professor Emeritus. He has been awarded many of Korea's most prestigious literary awards. Translations of selected poems by So Chong Ju have previously been published in France, Spain, Germany and the United States.
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Brother Anthony (An Sonjae) was born in England in 1942. After studying at Oxford he joined the Community of Taizé in France in 1969. He went to Korea in 1980 and has been Professor in the English Department of Sogang University, Seoul, since 1985. His publications include translations of works by Ku Sang, Kim Swang-kyu, and Yi Mun-hol.
Other CEAS publications by this author: Back to Heaven: Selected Poems of Ch'ôn Sang Pyông (CEAS #77); Farmers' Dance: Poems by Shin Kyong-Nim (CEAS #105); The Sound of My Waves: Selected Poems by Ko Un (CEAS #68); and Variations Three Korean Poets (CEAS #110).
Other CEAS publications by this author: Back to Heaven: Selected Poems of Ch'ôn Sang Pyông (CEAS #77); Farmers' Dance: Poems by Shin Kyong-Nim (CEAS #105); The Sound of My Waves: Selected Poems by Ko Un (CEAS #68); and Variations Three Korean Poets (CEAS #110).
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