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Oh Sae-young


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in Yeonggwang, Korea, Republic of
May 02, 1942

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Oh Sae-young (吳世榮, born May 2, 1942) is a South Korean poet, critic, and educator. His early work consisted of deconstructive poetry, but currently he mostly writes lyric poetry with Eastern philosophy. He served as a professor at the Seoul National University.

His poetry collection, Night-Sky Checkerboard (밤하늘의 바둑판), was published in the US and was selected as one of the twelve best poetry collections in the US for 2016 by the Chicago Review of Books. He has been awarded the Korean Poets’ Association Prize, the Nokwon Literary Award, the Cheong Chi-Yong Literature Prize, the Pyun-Woon Literary Prize, the Gong Cho Literary Award, and the Manhae Literature Prize in Poetry.

Average rating: 4.05 · 21 ratings · 4 reviews · 6 distinct works
Night-Sky Checkerboard: Poems

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Por la escalera del arco ir...

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Flowers Long for Stars: Poe...

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Sueños del barranco

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El cielo de Dios también ti...

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Тысячелетний сон

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“El tazón roto
se convierte en espada aguda.
Todas las cosas que se han roto
se vuelven espadas.”
Oh Sae-young, El cielo de Dios también tiene oscuridad



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