김기택 (KIM Ki-taek)

KIM Ki-taek (b. 1957) was born in Anyang and made his literary debut in 1989. His major works include Fetal Sleep (1991), Storm in the Eye of a Needle (1994), Administrative Staff (1999), Ox (2005), and Gum (2009). He won various literary prizes with the poetry books such as Kim Sooyoung Literary Award (1995), Hyundae Literary Award (2000), and also published a few children’s books. In his poetry, the poet has focused on human physicality and the relationship between the body and the violence inflicted upon it. Upon the question ‘why do you write a poem?,’ he answers it is a way of enduring himself, of euduring materialized violence, of enduring everyday’s life.