Lee Si-young - poet for all walks of life
"Patterns" by Korean poet Lee Si-young, translated into Englishby An Son-jae and Yoo Hui-sok By Choi Yearn-hong Lee Si-young is a prolific poet who has published more than 11 poetry books.The book “Patterns,” translated into English by An Son-jae and Yoo Hui-sok, is composed of selected poems from his first poetry book, “Full Moon” (1976), to his 11th book, “For Our Dead” (2007). Since receiving a review copy of the book, I have read all 201 of the, an average of two poems a day during the last 100 days.It was quite a task for anyone to review a voluminous book., but I enjoyed it. These Before I proceed with the review, however, I first want to provide some background on the man who wrote them. He is known as a poet who captures a moment in his life, any moment, for his poetry. Any moment could inspire Lee to write a poem. He was certainly a talented poet.He endured the long authoritarian rule of former President Park Chung-hee.To many political scientists and economists, Park’s authoritarian rule was a pardonable m
Apr 10, 2015
