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DAWN OF LABOR scrap

DAWN OF LABOR

Author(s)
Park Nohae박노해
Translator(s)
Cheehyung Harrison KimCheehyung Harrison Kim An Seon JaeAn Seon Jae
Publisher
University of Hawaii PressUniversity of Hawaii Press
Country
UNITED STATES
Language
English(English)
Year Published
2024
Category
Poetry 시
Target User
Adult 성인
Period
Contemporary 현대

Description 작품 소개

English

Dawn of Labor, at last translated into English, is the legendary South Korean poet Park Nohae’s first collection, published in 1984 when he was twenty-seven years old. Despite a government ban, the book sold a million copies and propelled Park Nohae as the generation’s leading resistance poet. Dawn of Labor is an enduring classic that shook a society, transformed lives, and demonstrated the power of poetry.

The war of night labor once over,

I pour cold soju over my aching heart.

Ah . . . I can’t go on like this for long.

For sure, I can’t go on like this.

―“Dawn of Labor”

If I ever kill myself, I’ll probably do it at dawn.

―“For a Peaceful Evening”

We too want to become heaven.

Not a dark clouded heaven

that presses down,

but a clear blue heaven

over a world that lifts one another.

―“Heaven”

Reference

University of Hawaii Press. "DAWN OF LABOR", https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/dawn-of-labor/. accessed 06 March 2024.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Park Nohae박노해

Dawn of Labor , at last translated into English, is the legendary South Korean poet Park Nohae’s first collection, published in 1984 when he was twenty-seven years old. Despite a government ban, the book sold a million copies and propelled Park Nohae as the generation’s leading resistance poet. Dawn of Labor is an enduring classic that shook a society, transformed lives, and demonstrated the power of poetry. The war of night labor once over, I pour cold soju over my aching heart. Ah . . . I can’t go on like this for long. For sure, I can’t go on like this. ―“Dawn of Labor” If I ever kill myself, I’ll probably do it at dawn. ―“For a Peaceful Evening” We too want to become heaven. Not a dark clouded heaven that presses down, but a clear blue heaven over a world that lifts one another. ―“Heaven”

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