Brother Enemy: Poems of the Korean War

by Ji-Moon Suh (Editor)

Twenty-one poets, male and female, North Korean and South Korean, well-known and long forgotten, appear in this collection, the first of its kind in English. The poems reflect the reality of living in a country torn in half by political ideologies. An introduction by translator Ji-moon Suh places the poems and the poets within a historical context that describes the suffering and despair of pitting brother against brother.

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

Suh Ji-moon was born in 1948 and grew up mostly in Seoul. She received her B.A. from Ewha Womans University, her MA from West Georgia College in the US, and her PhD from the State University of New York at Albany. She has translated numerous classics of Korean fiction and poetry into English.