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New York Diary 3 scrap

by Hwang Tong-gyugo link October 28, 2015

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Hwang Tong-gyu

Hwang Tong-gyu is a professor emeritus at Seoul National University and chairperson of the literature department at the National Academy of Arts. He was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley and NYU, and participated in the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. He has received the Lee San Literature Prize, Daesan Literary Award, Midang Literary Award, and Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit. His books of poems have been translated into English, German, French, and Spanish.

Someone wept
at night in New York.
Who is it?
When I lifted the phone receiver
the voice just sobbed in a low tone.
I asked, who is it? repeatedly
in English and Korean with clear articulation,
but it did not answer.
Only the sob slowly became fainter and fainter,
then the phone went dead with a click.
It was a snow-thawing night
after a long cold spell.

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Hwang Tong-gyu

Hwang Tong-gyu

Hwang Tong-gyu is a professor emeritus at Seoul National University and chairperson of the literature department at the National Academy of Arts. He was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley and NYU, and participated in the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. He has received the Lee San Literature Prize, Daesan Literary Award, Midang Literary Award, and Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit. His books of poems have been translated into English, German, French, and Spanish.

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