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Lee Young-ju

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Lee Young-ju

South Korea

Lee Young-ju is a contemporary South Korean poet. Her books of poetry include The Hundred-and-Eighth Man (Munhakdongne, 2005), Sister (Minumsa, 2010), and Cold Candies (Moonji, 2014)....

She has received the Arts Council of Korea’s literature and creative writing grant and the Creativity Award Fellowship from the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. Lee’s fourth collection of poetry is forthcoming with Moonji.

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Articles by Lee Young-ju

An Evening of Sugar-Eating

By Lee Young-ju

Next week, Black Ocean will release Lee Young-ju's poetry collection Cold Candies, translated from Korean by Jae Kim. The collection includes “Roommate, Woman,” one of the winners…

Translated by Jae Kim

Roommate, Woman

By Lee Young-ju

On waking, I see my body has been rearranged.

Translated from Korean by Jae Kim

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Pillow

By Lee Young-ju

“Pillow” is a poem by 2019 Poems in Translation Contest winner Lee Young-ju, translated into English by Jae Kim.Listen to Lee Young-ju read her poem “Pillow” in the original Korean.…

Translated from Korean by Jae Kim

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