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In reminiscence of poet Shin Gyeong-rim Information Min

[부고]Poet Shin Gyeong-rim died on Could 22 (age 90).

Funeral: Room 2, Seoul Nationwide College Funeral Corridor
Demise: Could 25, 2024 (Sat) 5:30 AM
Burial Grounds: Seonyong, Naon-myeon, Chungju-si

At 8:17 a.m. on the twenty second, poet Shin Gyeong-rim died on the Nationwide Most cancers Heart. Age 90. The funeral was officiated by a Korean literary determine, and the poet Do Jong-hwan, a member of the Nationwide Meeting, served as chairman of the funeral committee.

▲Poet Shin Kyung-rim throughout the ’80s Agriculture and Literature’ speak live performance held at Suseong-gu Yonghak Library (Director Kim Sang-jin) on Could 17, 2017 (Picture = Reporter Jang Yong-tae)

Born in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province in 1935, the poet graduated from Chungju Excessive College and the Division of English Literature at Dongguk College. He made his debut in 1956 with songs like ‘Reed’ and ‘Tombstone’. Starting together with his first poetry assortment (Creation and Criticism) in 1973, he printed quite a few collections of poetry and prose, together with (1988, Sensible Literature) and (1999, Bulmo). (Uri Schooling), which was printed in 1998, was beloved by folks as a e-book chosen by MBC’s ‘Exclamation Mark, Let’s Learn Books’.

His first poetry assortment received the first Manhai Literary Award the yr after its publication, and he has additionally received the Korean Literary Writers Award, Danjae Literary Award, Daesan Literary Award, Cicada Award, Manhai Grand Prize, and House Award. He served because the chairman of the Nationwide Writers’ Affiliation (now the Korean Writers’ Affiliation), the Korean Nationwide Artists Affiliation, and the co-representative of the Korean Federation for Environmental Motion. He was a member of the Korea Nationwide Academy of Arts and a professor at Dongguk College.

Because the information of the poet’s loss of life grew to become identified, writers and readers within the Daegu and Gyeongbuk areas additionally expressed their grief by sharing the poet’s lyrics with memorial posts on Fb.

Literary critic Jeong Ji-chang, a former professor of German language and literature at Yongnam College, says, “Once you consider the poet Shin Kyung-rim, you often consider his early poems, together with ‘Nongmu’ (1971) and ‘Pajang.’ (1970). Nonetheless, I appreciated ‘Mokgye Market’ (1976) and ‘April 19, Come to the Countryside’ (1977), which have been written within the Yushin period within the Seventies,” he stated, writing about ‘Camels’ (2008).

Poet Lee Jong-am of Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, stated, “Poet Shin Gyeong-rim tries to return residence by laughing and singing like a drug supplier, making a lot of jokes and mixing in previous standard songs.” It’s due to that nice constructive angle that we willingly settle for life and loss of life, saying, ‘The world is value dwelling in, each blissful and unhappy,’ regardless that our lives are ‘selecting up bits and items and placing them again.’ Keep within the night.’ Probably the most stunning step is to cross into the subsequent world, singing with a smile with none grudges. To take such a step, life right here and now should be stunning,” he stated whereas sharing the poem ‘On the Approach House’.

“I took out my liver and gallbladder, took out my goals and recollections and threw them into the dusty and noisy bars and streets.

He gathered all of the passers-by and joked like a drug supplier, then broke into the tune of an previous standard tune.

When the solar goes down you will notice a vibrant crimson sundown on the best way residence from the bus.

“The world is liveable, each blissful and unhappy, the sundown is telling me proper now.”
_ Full textual content of ‘On the best way residence’ from the gathering of poems

Kim Heon-joo, head of the Gyeongbuk Northern Migrant Staff Heart, posted a photograph of wildflowers blooming on the road and stated, “This can be a valuable life sprouting from the collapsed partitions of a neighborhood that may quickly disappear resulting from redevelopment. . Taking a look at this life jogged my memory of a poem by the late poet Shin Gyeong-rim known as ‘Tune of Entire Love’. Could Instructor Shin Gyeong-rim relaxation in peace… Instructor, I’m so comforted by your many human-scented poems. I’ll all the time be grateful. “Relaxation in peace,” she posted of ‘Poor Love Tune’.

“Do not the loneliness of being poor?
I’m coming again after breaking apart with you
Brilliant blue moonlight pours down the snow-covered alley.
Does being poor imply you haven’t any worry?
The sound of hitting two dots
With the whistle of the safety guard and the sound of buckwheat jelly,
Once I open my eyes, I hear heavy equipment rolling within the distance.
Do you quit your needs since you are poor?
I miss my mom, I repeat myself numerous instances, however
There is just one left to eat from the persimmon tree within the yard.
I attempt to paint the sound of the intense crimson persimmon wind.
Does being poor imply you do not know love?
The heat of your lips that touched my cheeks
Your breath whispers that I really like you, that I really like you
Your cry that broke out behind me as I turned.
You have no idea why you’re poor?
As a result of I am poor, I’m
“I’ve to throw all these things away.”

Full textual content of ‘A Poor Love Song_For a Neighbour’s Younger Man’ from _Poetry Assortment

Shin Jung-hyun, CEO of Hakisa Guide Publishing, quoted the poet’s ‘Winter Night time,’ saying, “I truly like this poem higher than ‘Nongmu.’ sympathizes with: ‘The true worth of his poetry is revealed when it’s remodeled into prose.’ “Once I noticed the common value of the poetry assortment, which was 2,000 received, the value had already change into poetry to us,” he stated.

▲Poet Shin Kyung-rim, moderator, and poet Kim Yong-rak throughout the ’80s Agriculture and Literature’ speak live performance held at Suseong-gu Yonghak Library (Director Kim Sang-jin) on Could 17, 2017 (Picture = Reporter) Jeong Yong-tae)
▲Poet Shin Gyeong-rim’s speak live performance ‘Agriculture and Literature within the 80s’ held at Suseong-gu Yonghak Library (Director Kim Sang-jin) on Could 17, 2017 (Picture = Reporter Jang Yong-tae)
▲Poet Shin Gyeong-rim’s speak live performance ‘Agriculture and Literature within the 80s’ held at Suseong-gu Yonghak Library (Director Kim Sang-jin) on Could 17, 2017 (Picture = Reporter Jang Yong-tae)

Reporter Jeong Yong-tae
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