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Black Ocean
05 January 2023
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 selection of poems from Sin Yong Mok's earlier collections, intended to serve as an illustration of his evolution as a poet, alongside a complete translation of the poems from his fourth collection, When Someone Called Someone, I Looked Backwith close attention to the sonorous aspects of Sin's lines, this collection also captures the larger themes within Sin's work and his attention to the spirit of community and peaceful coexistence with others. These are poems with a powerful belief in humanity and the beauty of the smallest hopes.
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Translated by:   ,
Imprint:   Black Ocean
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 190mm,  Width: 152mm, 
ISBN:   9781939568335
ISBN 10:   1939568331
Pages:   88
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Born in Geochang, South Gyeongsang Province, Korea, Sin Yong-Mok received a new writers award in 2000 and has published six collections of poetry, a novel, and a volume of prose essays. He is currently assistant professor of creative writing at Chosun University. Brother Anthony of Taize has lived in Korea since 1980 and has published over fifty volumes of English translations of contemporary Korean poetry in addition to a considerable number of translations of Korean fiction and other books related to Korea. He is an emeritus professor at Sogang University and a chair professor at Dankook University and president emeritus of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch. Jake Levineis a poet, translator, scholar, and assistant professor of creative writing at Keimyung University. He translates poetry, K-pop, museum exhibitions, monographs, and art writing. His cotranslation of Kim Yideum'sHysteriawon the National Translation Award and Lucien Stryk Prize. He also has won a handful of awards for his poetry and scholarship, including a Fulbright Fellowship to Lithuania in 2010. His first full-length book of poems,The Imagined Countrywill be out with Tolsun Books in 2023.

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