Jin Eun-young Poet Awarded Baekseok Literary Prize

‘I Love You Like an Old Street’ Poet Jin Eun-young Wins Baekseok Literary Award
Prize Money 20 Million KRW, Award Ceremony in November

Poet Jin Eun-young. [Photo by Changbi]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomibeum] Poet Jin Eun-young won the Baekseok Literary Award for her poetry collection “Loving You Like an Old Street for a Long Time” (Munhakgwa Jiseongsa). The award ceremony, along with the Manhae Literary Award, Shin Dong-yup Literary Award, and Changbi New Writer Literary Award, is scheduled for late November, with a prize of 20 million KRW.

The judging committee stated, “This poetry collection is a thoughtful poetic response to the poet’s earlier thesis on ‘poetry and politics,’ declaring and promising love through the richness and beauty of language.

It also prompts reflection on the relationship between the ‘self’ and the world, actively retrieving the communities of sorrow present everywhere from moments of silent mourning,” adding, “The balance between the poetic and the political achieved through this intensity led to the highest accomplishment.”

Poet Jin Eun-young was born in 1970 in Daejeon and began her literary career in 2000 by publishing three poems including “The House with a Large Warehouse” in Munhakgwa Sahoe. She has written poetry collections such as “A Dictionary Made of Seven Words,” “Every Single Day We Are,” and “Songs That Are Stolen.” She is currently a professor specializing in literary counseling at the Korea Counseling Graduate University. She has received the Daesan Literary Award, Hyundai Literary Award, and Cheonsangbyeong Poetry Literary Award, among others.

The Baekseok Literary Award was established in October 1997 to honor the outstanding poetic achievements and literary spirit of poet Baekseok (白石).

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