Global Poetry
Contemporary Poetry of South Korea: Kim Ki-Taek and Yi Won
Kim Ki-taek, left, graduated from Chung-Ang University with a degree in English literature and from Kyung Hee University’s graduate school with a degree in Korean literature. Yi Won is a South Korean avant-garde poet and essayist, born in 1968 in Gyeonggi-do. She studied Creative Writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and earned her master’s degree at the Graduate School of Culture and Arts at Dongguk University.
A virtual gathering with two acclaimed South Korean poets and the English language translators of their new releases.
Kim Ki-taek joins us to celebrate the publication of Smiling in an Old Photograph, a chapbook newly published by Rain Taxi’s OHM Edition; Yi Won joins us to celebrate the publication of The World’s Lightest Motorcycle, a bilingual book recently published by Zephyr Press.
Also participating in this grand celebration are some of the translators of their new publications: Ed Bok Lee, E. J. Koh, and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello; poet Lee Herrickwill moderate and interpreting for our Korean guests will be Bomi Yoon.
This event is co-sponsored by the Global Poetry initiative at Metro State University: now in its 13th year, Global Poetry is an annual celebration that features acclaimed voices from our constantly changing world.
More info and biographies of the poets and other participants at this link: https://www.raintaxi.com/contemporary-poetry-of-south-korea-kim-ki-taek-and-yi-won/