Lim Deok-Gi is a South Korean poet. She was born in Pohang, Gyeongbuk, and graduated from Ewha Womans University. She later worked as a middle and high school teacher. In 2010, she was published in 『Era of Essay』 and 『Essay Literature』 in 2012, and in 2014, she was published as a poet in 『Aeji』.
1. Life
Lim Deok-Gi is a poet and an essayist. She was born in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, in Korea. She graduated from Ewha Womans University’s Department of Korean Literature and worked as a teacher in middle and high school.
Currently she is a member of the Women Writers’ Committee of the Korean Branch of International PEN Literature, and Director of the Korean Essay Literature Promotion Association, and Ewha Womans University Graduate Writers Association. She is a member of the Korean Writers Association and the Korean Women’s Literature Association.
2. Writing
She made her debut in Essay Age in 2010, and Essay Literature in 2012 as an essayist. As a poet, she made her debut in Eji Poetry Literary Magazine with “Salt Fields in the Himalayan Valley” and four other poems, in 2014. Her poetry collections are Kondrappda and A Map to the Spring. Her essay collection is Dream of Sculpture Cloth. “A Slanted Tree” was selected by Sejong Sharing Book in 2015, “Different Colors of Water” received the Won Jong-rin Literature Award, Permeate.
Reference
CODHILL PRESS, "A Map to the Spring", https://www.codhill.com/product/a-map-to-the-spring-lim-deok-gi/. accessed 9 August 2024.
