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WINNER of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea's Poetry GrantTreasured in both Koreas, Baek Seok: Poems of the North opens an intriguing gateway into the spirit of the North Koreans of the 1930's-50's. In a land struggling for freedom and short of food, he treats his readers to the dishes they craved, exhibiting a Korea not in mired in the unpleasant realities of oppressive Japanese occupation, but in his imagination of its greatness.Influenced by the visually intense landscape objects & narratives of the countryside, this poet observed for us the institutions & character of fading local customs, infusing them with the foods & flavors native to Korea, a deep & spiritual connection to the natural world, & shamanic superstition while tapping into the memories & 'han' of the people.With a tone that is variously meditative, joyous, nostalgic, critical, romantic, reverent, ironic, tragic & even bitter, Baek Seok's blend of litany, landscape & legend is full of nature's color, palatal flavors & a tactile connection to those who people his poems. In a land still unified yet struggling for freedom with constant food shortages, Baek Seok treated his readers to the dishes craved by the people, exhibiting a heritage not so much of Korea in the unpleasant reality of the oppressive Japanese occupation, but in the imagination of its greatness in history.Influenced by the visually intense landscape objects and narratives of the countryside, Baek Seok created pastoral poetry embedded in local traditions that tapped into the memories and 'han' of the people.From his earliest work, Deer to his later poems, this collection from celebrated North Korean poet, Baek Seok, whose poems originate extensively from a united Korea suffering under the weight of theJapanese occupation, paints a picture of the Korean countryside that is timeless in its application to her rich past of traditions, allowing us to experience his intense descriptions of a world now lost and to see into the culture and human relationships of the Korean condition.Reference : Exile Press. "Baek Seok: Poems of the North", https://exilepress.com/products/9781936342099?_pos=1&_sid=d3b30df8c&_ss=r&variant=31915401445434. accessed 19 Oct 2023.
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WINNER of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea's Poetry GrantTreasured in both Koreas, Baek Seok: Poems of the North opens an intriguing gateway into the spirit of the North Koreans of the 1930's-50's. In a land struggling for freedom and short of food, he treats his readers to the dishes they craved, exhibiting a Korea not in mired in the unpleasant realities of oppressive Japanese occupation, but in his imagination of its greatness.Influenced by the visually intense landscape objects & narratives of the countryside, this poet observed for us the institutions & character of fading local customs, infusing them with the foods & flavors native to Korea, a deep & spiritual connection to the natural world, & shamanic superstition while tapping into the memories & 'han' of the people.With a tone that is variously meditative, joyous, nostalgic, critical, romantic, reverent, ironic, tragic & even bitter, Baek Seok's blend of litany, landscape & legend is full of nature's color, palatal flavors & a tactile connection to those who people his poems. In a land still unified yet struggling for freedom with constant food shortages, Baek Seok treated his readers to the dishes craved by the people, exhibiting a heritage not so much of Korea in the unpleasant reality of the oppressive Japanese occupation, but in the imagination of its greatness in history.Influenced by the visually intense landscape objects and narratives of the countryside, Baek Seok created pastoral poetry embedded in local traditions that tapped into the memories and 'han' of the people.From his earliest work, Deer to his later poems, this collection from celebrated North Korean poet, Baek Seok, whose poems originate extensively from a united Korea suffering under the weight of theJapanese occupation, paints a picture of the Korean countryside that is timeless in its application to her rich past of traditions, allowing us to experience his intense descriptions of a world now lost and to see into the culture and human relationships of the Korean condition.Reference : Exile Press. "Baek Seok: Poems of the North", https://exilepress.com/products/9781936342099?_pos=1&_sid=d3b30df8c&_ss=r&variant=31915401445434. accessed 19 Oct 2023.
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