어두운 복도 끝에서 괘종시계 치는 소리
1시와 2시 사이에도
11시와 12시 사이에도
똑같이 한 번만 울리는 것
그것은 뜻하지 않은 환기, 소득 없는 각성
몇 시와 몇 시의 중간 지대를 지나고 있는지
알려주지 않는다
단지 무언가의 절반만큼 네가 왔다는 것
돌아가든 나아가든 모든 것은 너의 결정에 달렸다는 듯
지금부터 저지른 악덕은 죽을 때까지 기억난다
Jin Eun-young was born in Daejeon, South Korea, in 1970. She graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in Philosophy, and later received her PhD (writing a thesis comparing Nietzsche and Nagarjuna). Jin Eun-young made her literary debut in 2000, publishing poems in the spring issue of
Literature and Society. She has since published a number of poetry collections, including
일곱 개의 단어로 된 사전 [A Dictionary of Seven Words], 우리는 매일매일 [We, Day By Day],훔쳐가는 노래 [A Stealing Song] and
시시하다 [Sisihada], and has received the Kim Daljin Literature Award for Young Poets, the Daesan Literature Award, the Modern Literature Award, and the Cheon Sang-byeong Poetry Award. She has written numerous academic books:
Nietzsche, Eternal Return and the Philosophy of Difference; Critique of Pure Reason: Taking Reason to Court; and
The Atopos of Literature, among others. In addition, the poetry anthology
Red Snowflake was published in French by Bruno Ducey Publishing (2016), and the English translation of
We, Day By Day was published by White Pine Press (2018). Jin Eun-young is currently a professor of literary counselling at Korea Counselling Graduate University.