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[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park]

◆History of Friday= On March 22, 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died. On October 4, 1935, Korea's first sound film 'Chunhyangjeon' premiered at Dansungsa Theater. Imperialist Japan occupied Nanjing, China on December 13, 1937, and brutally killed 300,000 Chinese people over six weeks. The Nanjing Massacre. All these events happened on a Friday. The author, while serving as the head of the culture department at a daily newspaper, used to finish an eight-page manuscript every Friday. The writings from that time were collected, refined, and compiled. The focus is mainly on uncovering and introducing the meanings held by historical figures. The piece about Goethe begins with the devil Mephistopheles and unfolds the story of Goethe's masterpiece 'Faust.' The writings are arranged chronologically, starting with the story of Cicero, born on January 3, 106 BC, and ending with a prayer for those who died on November 2, 2018. (Written by Heo Jinseok / Geulnurim)

◆It was a heavy snowfall, and then= The first poetry collection by Han Yeonhee, who won the Changbi New Writer's Literary Award in 2016. The speaker in Han Yeonhee's poems is a being who cannot confine their identity to one side, such as black or white, male or female. Because they do not fit the forced correct answers, the speaker in Han Yeonhee's poems becomes distorted. Poet and literary critic Park Sangsoo interpreted these 'distorted speakers who like being far from the correct answers' as resistance to attempts to confine and correct us into certain molds at every moment. By discovering and loving the beautiful aspects of beings who deviate from norms, we come to realize that the beauty humans possess is diversity that cannot be divided by dichotomies. (Written by Han Yeonhee / Achimdal)

◆It was fine even without an umbrella= The fourth poetry collection released by poet Seo Honggwan after 10 years since 'Mother's Forearm' in 2010. Seo Honggwan debuted in 1985 and has been active as both a doctor and a poet. As a doctor, he engaged in various social activities, and in this poetry collection, he shows a sensitive gaze that gently touches the fleeting existence of invisible beings. In Part 1, Cambodian girls selling goods at Angkor Wat, Nepalese girls enduring labor to go to school, and high school students who perished in the Sewol ferry disaster appear. The six poems in the 'Doctor's Achievements' series recount conversations the poet had with patients in the clinic in a comfortable tone. (Written by Seo Honggwan / Changbi)

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