Park Ynhui (born February 26, 1930) is a South Korean poet and writer who publishes under the name Park Yeemun in Korean.
Life
Park was born in 1930 and graduated from
Seoul National University
Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...
with an undergraduate degree in
French literature. He then attended the
Sorbonne in
Paris, from which he received a PhD in Philosophy. Park spent 30 years as a professor in, Japan, Germany, France, and the
United States. He taught in Boston
t Simmons Collegeuntil his retirement in 1993
at which point he returned to South Korea where he taught at Pohang University and
Yonsei University.
Work
Park has published many books, mainly books and papers on philosophical topics in both French and English. He published five volumes of Korean poetry: ''The Snow on the Charles River'' (1979), ''Dream of a Butterfly'' (1981), ''The Shadows of the Invisible'' (1987) and ''Resonances of the Void'' (1989) and in 1999 has published his own poetry in English, ''Broken Words''.
Then, in 2006, he published ''Morning Stroll'', which earned him the Incheon Prize. Park's 'non' literary works include ''Roadmap to a Green Korea'' and ''The Journey Isn't Over Yet''.
Translator
Brother Anthony
Brother Anthony (born as Anthony Graham Teague 1942; Korean name An Sonjae (Hangul: 안선재)) is a translator, scholar, and member of the Taizé Community who has become a naturalized Korean citizen, and lives in Seoul.
Life
Brother Anthony o ...
(An Sonjae) summarizes Park and his work:
:Park's poem's are not difficult, they are usually simple and suggestive, inviting the reader to share an experience of some moment, some scene, in which the underlying void seems to have yielded to value and meaning.
:...
:Park is a poet inhabited by a compassion born of the suffering he witnessed and experienced in childhood and youth. His poems re-enact a search for consolation and peace, faced with the meaninglessness and absurdity of human existence.
Works in Translation
* ''The Snow on the Charles River''
* ''Shadows of the Void''
* ''Verbrochene Worter'' (German)
Works in Korean (Partial)
* ''The Snow on the Charles River'' (1979)
* ''Dream of a Butterfly'' (1981)
* ''The Shadows of the Invisible'' (1987)
* ''Resonances of the Void'' (1989)
* ''Morning Stroll'' (2006)
* ''Shadows of the Void'' (2006)
* ''The Fury of Elephants Raised as Orphans'' (2010)
Awards
* 2006 Incheon Award
* 2012 Tanso Cultural Award
References
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1930 births
South Korean writers
South Korean philosophers
Pohang University of Science and Technology faculty
Seoul National University alumni
Living people
People from Asan