Jang Okgwan

Jang Okgwan made his literary debut in 1987 with World Literature magazine. His poetry collections include 황금 연못 (Golden Pond; Minumsa, 1992),  바퀴 소리를 듣는다 (Listening to the Sound of Wheels; Minumsa, 1995), 하늘 우물 (The Sky Well; Segyesa, 2003), 달과 뱀과 짧은 이야기 (The Moon, the Snake, and the Short Story; Random House Korea, 2006), 그 겨울 나는 북벽에서 살았다 (That Winter, I Lived on the North Face; Munhak Dongne, 2013), and 사람이 없었다고 한다 (Apparently There Was No One; Munhak Dongne, 2022). He has published a collection of children’s poetry, 내 배꼽을 만져보았다 (I Touched My Belly Button; Munhak Dongne Kids, 2010) and a book of poetry commentary,  현대시 새겨 읽기 (Reading Modern Poetry; Keimyung University Press, 2014), and co-authored a book of poetry creation theory, 유쾌한 시학 강의 (Delightful Poetics Lecture; Ain Books, 2013). He won the 15^th Kim Dal-jin Literary Award, 3^rd Iryeon Literary Award, 14^th Nojak Literary Award, 27^th Geumbok Culture Award, 6^th Kim Jong-sam Poetry Award, and 5^th Yi Yong-ak Literary Award. His poetry collection The Moon, the Snake, and the Short Story was chosen by ARKO as “poetry of the year” in 2007. For many years he taught Creative Writing at Keimyung University and is now retired.