Nationwide Poetry Recitation Contest's First 12-Time Champion 'Kim Sookhee, Poet Reciter' Wins Grand Prize at English Poetry Recitation Contest

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Poet reciter Kim Sookhee announced on the 21st that she won the grand prize at the '2021 Seoul News Edu National English Poetry Recitation Contest' held at Myeongbo Cinema Art in Seoul on the 18th.

This contest was hosted and organized by Seoul News Edu Newspaper and the Korea Education Newspaper Association.

Its purpose was to discover capable poet reciters with an international sensibility who can elevate the status of Koreans as Korean poet reciters and play a leading role in Korea's cultural exchange.

Teacher Kim, who is the first to achieve 12 crowns in a nationwide contest?not a regional or association contest?and currently holds the top position for multiple awards, was recently selected as a master poet reciter by the Korea Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organizations within the last month, and on the 16th, she also received the Korea’s Proud Korean Award for the Best Poet Reciter in Korea.

Lee Heeseon, the representative of the newspaper that hosted this contest and the contest chairperson, emphasized the importance of new international exchanges through English poetry recitation in her greeting speech.

In her acceptance speech, Teacher Kim Sookhee said, “Someone advised me to become a leader in the recitation community with a sense of mission as a Korean reciter, and I deeply engrave that in my heart. Using the international poetry reciter certificate certified by this contest as a stepping stone, I want to confidently lay the foundation as a Korean poet reciter to assist in international cultural exchange.”

Teacher Kim, who served as the president of the Seoul Kim Sowol Recitation Association, is originally from Mokpo and currently works as an English teacher at Haenam Technical High School. While active in literature and the recitation community, she is also writing her doctoral dissertation in creative writing.

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