Kim Hyesoon
This event on 10th April 2014 at 20:00 has past.
Contact: book: specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk
In Saison Poetry Library at RFH
Join us for an evening of poetry by one of South Korea's most important contemporary poets, Kim Hyesoon. Her experimental, unsettling poetry combines extreme, surreal and often violent imagery with a radical exploration of the female experience. She came to prominence as one of the first women to be published in Munhak kwa jisong (Literature and Intellect), a magazine which was part of the literary movement against the US-backed military dictatorships of the 70s and 80s. She began to receive critical recognition from the late 1990s and was the first woman to receive the coveted Midang (2006) and Kim Su-yong (1998) awards. In 2012 she performed to great acclaim at the Poetry Parnassus at the Southbank Centre. The reading will be followed by a discussion.
This event is hosted by Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) to celebrate new publications of Kim Hyesoon's work in the spring issue, and a new Bloodaxe edition of Kim Hyesoon's poetry I'm OK, I'm Pig! Kim Hyesoon's appearance is supported by the British Council as part of the Korea Market Focus at the London Book Fair 2014.
Entry: Free but booking essential
Time: 8:00pm
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