김명인 (KIM Myung-in)

KIM Myung-in (b. 1946) was born in Wooljin, Kyungsang Province and studied Korean Literature in Korea University. He made his literary debut in 1973 and his poetry books include Poetry collections Dongducheon (1979), Swanee Faraway (1988), Playing with a Blue Puppy (1994), A Funeral by the Sea (1997), Silence of a Road (1999) and Inflorescence (2009). He has won various literary awards including Sowol Poetry Award, Hyundae Literary Award, Daesan Literary Award, etc, and is currently teaching Creative Writing at Korea University. In his new poetry book, Inflorescence, the poet looks into the life of flower from the seed to blossoming and gazes at the cosmic process of life and death.