Huh Young-ja explained

Huh Young-ja
Birth Date:31 August 1938
Birth Place:Hamyang, South Korea
Language:Korean
Nationality:South Korean
Citizenship:South Korean
Korean name
Hangul:허영자
Rr:Huh Yeongja
Mr:Hŏ Yŏngcha

Huh Young-ja (; born 1938) is a Korean female poet. She is called "The Poet of Love and Moderation,"[1] embodying Oriental lyricism such as han, love and waiting in a highly condensed beauty. She is regarded as a unique poet who combines traditional and modern sentiments.[2]

Biography

Huh was born on August 31, 1938, in Hamyang, South Gyeongsang Province. She graduated from Gyeonggi Girls' High School and Sookmyung Women's University. She had her childhood during the Korean War and began reading books as a way of overcoming harsh realities. She mainly read classical Korean literature, the collected works of world literature and Korean literature, etc.[3] In 1961, she debuted with Dojeongyeonga (도정연가 Journey Sonata), published in Modern Literature at the recommendation of Park Mok-wol. She worked with Kim Seon-yeong and Kim Hu-ran in 1963 to organize a female poetry coterie Cheongmihoe (Blue Eyebrow Association). She published poetry collections Gaseumen deut nunen deut (가슴엔 듯 눈엔 듯 In My Heart, In My Eyes; 1966), Eoyeoppeumiya eojji kkotppunirya (어여쁨이야 어찌 꽃뿐이랴 Flowers, They Are Not the Only Beauty; 1977), Joyonghan seulpeum (조용한 슬픔 Quiet Sadness; 1990), Eunui mugemankeum (은의 무게만큼 By the Weight of Silver; 2007), Tumyeonge daehayeo oe (투명에 대하여 외 On Transparency and Others; 2017) and others. She also published sijo collection Somyeorui gippeum (소멸의 기쁨 The Joy of Extinction; 2003), essay collections Han songi kkotdo dangsin tteuseuro (한 송이 꽃도 당신 뜻으로 Do as You Please Even on a Flower; 1978) and Areumdaun salmeul hyanghayeo (아름다운 삶을 향하여 Towards a Beautiful Life; 1980) and literary studies Hankuk yeoseongsiui ihaewa gamsang (한국 여성시의 이해와 감상 Understanding and Appreciation of Korean Women's Poetry; 1997).

She served as a secondary school teacher at Gyeseong Girls' High School, a professor of Korean literature at Sungshin Women's University, the standing director of Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, and the chairman of the Society of Korean Poets and the Korean Women's Literature Association. She won the Society of Korean Poets Award in 1972, the Woltan Literary Prize in 1985, the Dongni·Mogwol Literary Prize in 2008, the Heo Nanseolheon Poetry Prize and the Republic of Korea's Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit in 2015.

Writing

She is called "The Poet of Love and Moderation". The nickname derives from the beauty of form achieved through the implications of love and meaning, her works' main subject. The Oriental love song-style lyric poetry [4] that uses the Korean concept of han [5] as the main emotion and delicately depicts separation and longing of the beloved one is the biggest feature[6] of her poetry.

Love in her poetry is not limited to erotic love between men and women, but is manifested in various forms, including parental and filial love and love for religious absolutes. Her poem regards "love" as the greatest value and reveals the multifaceted meaning of "love".[7] Huh's "love" extends beyond the realm of emotion and into reality. Bundan – Sangsacho (분단 – 상사초 Division – Herb of Longing) sings of the sorrow of the national division by comparing it to Sangsacho whose flowers and leaves cannot meet.

Another feature of her poetry, "moderation", is expressed as a form of condensed beauty. The poet herself tried to make it contain the most meaning in as little language as possible. She described the value of acquiring rhythm, implications, polysemy, symbolism through temperance of language in the eight-line Muju (무제 Untitled·I).[8] In Jasu (자수 Embroidery, the process of overcoming heartache and sorrow of losing a loved one by embroidering is described with restrained emotions and the poetic diction "riverside" expresses in a pithy way the state of equilibrium that was finally reached.[9]

Diverse religiosity

Religiousness in her poems is not confined to a specific religion, but shows various facets such as Buddhism, Christianity, and pantheism. Her poetry Gwaneumbosallim (관음보살님 Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) is tinged with Buddhism, using incense and kindles. Im (임 Thee) presents the pantheistic worldview in which all is God and Chakan moksu (착한 목수 Good Carpenter) eulogizes Jesus' sacrifice and love. This attitude goes beyond the religious meaning and extends to a saga of men who put the broken selves at the center of the world in her poetry collection Makdalla maria (막달라 마리아 Mary Magdalene; 2017).[10] Multifaceted religiousness in her poems is seen to be attributable to a flexible attitude toward life and multilateral perspectives.

Works

2. Sijo Collection

《소멸의 기쁨》, 문학수첩, 2003 / Somyeorui gippeum (The Joy of Extinction), Moonhak Soochup, 2003

3. Anthology

4. Essay

5. Theoretical Books

6. Collections

7. Children's Poem

Awards

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lee . Ji-hun . 2014-12-06 . ko:허영자(許英子) . Huh Young-ja . Korea Poetry Collection Museum . ko.
  2. Web site: ko:하영자 . Huh Young-ja . 2024-05-26 . Doosan Encyclopedia . ko . terms.naver.com.
  3. Translation Institute of Korea, Huh Young Ja Interview, June 08, 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XMNQbRGpLw
  4. Hwang Jini's major works are Dongjitdal jinagin bam (동짓달 지나긴 밤 Frozen Love) and poems written for So Se-yang. They are characterized by the sublimation of han or delicate and beautiful description of emotions by tolerating the longing and the pain of breakup, rather than expressing them as they are. [Hwang Jini – Naver encyclopedia of knowledge] https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=3569696&cid=59015&categoryId=59015
  5. Han – Naver encyclopedia of knowledge
  6. Huh Young-ja – Naver encyclopedia of knowledge
  7. Literature Translation Institute of Korea, Huh Young Ja Interview, June 08, 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XMNQbRGpLw
  8. Huh Young-ja "wants to make poetry contain the most meaning in as little language as possible." Huh Young-ja (A Collection of Huh Young-ja's poems), Maeul, 1998
  9. Embroidery – Naver encyclopedia of knowledge
  10. Huh Young-ja, "Flowers, They Are Not the Only Beauty – My Poem, My Poetics," Huh Young-ja, (A Collection of Huh Young-ja's poems), Maeul, 1998
  11. Wikipedia – Society of Korean Poets Award
  12. Wikipedia – Woltan Literary Prize
  13. Huh Young-ja – Naver People Search
  14. Wikipedia – Dongni·Mogwol Literary Prize
  15. "Huh Young-ja, the 3rd winner of Heo Nanseolheon Poetry Prize," Yonhap News, May 02, 2015 https://www.yna.co.kr/view/PYH20150502022500062?input=1196m
  16. "18 contributors to Culture and Arts are awarded Order of Cultural Merit," Economytalk News Nov 11, 2015 http://www.economytalk.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=129763

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