{"product_id":"three-poets-of-modern-korea-9781889330716","title":"Three Poets of Modern Korea","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Hahm Dong-Seon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contemporary Korea, as noted by James Kimbrell and Yu Jung-yul in their introduction, poems are found on mountain boulders, on caf walls, on placemats, T shirts, and television game shows. It is a country in which, for one-thousand years, every candidate for civil service had to pass an exam establishing proficiency as a poet. And yet, though Americans may know something of Koreas modern history of tumultdivision and repressionlittle of the countrys rich and varied poetry has been available to the English-speaking public. In Three Poets of Modern Korea, prize-winning American poet James Kimbrell, and translator and native speaker Yu Jung-yul, have gathered and translated leading representatives of three generations of Korean poets. From the Dada and surrealist influenced work of Yi Sang, to the colloquial, affirming poems of Hahm Dong-seon, and ending with the brilliant sensuality of Choi Young-mi, whose work also asserts a determination to be both a woman and a free individual, Three Poets of Modern Korea is a superb introduction to the largely undiscovered treasures of contemporary Korean poetry. The translations by Kimbrell and Jung-yul, many of which have appeared in premier American literary journals, manage to be faithful to the originals at the same time they take on true life and breath as fluent English versions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087955943575,"sku":"9781889330716","price":910.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781889330716.webp?v=1767641135","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/three-poets-of-modern-korea-9781889330716","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}