Professor Kim Haedong of Changwon University Department of Fine Arts Receives Grand Prize at the 26th Yeongrang Literary Awards

Professor Kim Haedong of the Department of Fine Arts at Changwon National University, recipient of the Grand Prize for Writers at the 26th Yeongrang Literary Awards. [Image source=Changwon National University]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Professor Kim Hae-dong of the Department of Fine Arts at Changwon National University, who is also active as a poet, won the Grand Prize at the 26th Yeongrang Literary Awards with his poetry collection "The Man Who Sharpens Knives."

The Yeongrang Literary Awards select recipients who inherit the lyrical purity of the late Kim Yeong-rang's poetry while maintaining the poet's intellectual presence as an awakened figure throughout history.

The judges commented, "'In the place where a person was taken out / a tree was planted' (Variation) reflects an ecological perspective, and throughout the poetry collection, there is the attitude of an intellectual toward life and society, as well as a love for places embracing the region," and "As in 'The Flower Contemplating the Blue Silence' (Cheongsuguk), they highly appreciate the linguistic craftsmanship weaving poetry and philosophical reflection."

Professor Kim said, "The stone walls of the house my father built throughout his life and the stone walls of the fields and paddies, which were as high as mountain fortresses, were companions to the vague loneliness and contemplation of my adolescence, and my mother's patchwork quilt was the direction of my life, which was not smooth, and a product of perseverance that never gave up on her children," adding, "I hope to live by composing, storing, stealing, stitching, and hemming these nostalgic thoughts."

Meanwhile, "The Man Who Sharpens Knives" is a philosophical reflection expressed through poetry about relationships with others, consisting of a total of five chapters.

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