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Ra Heeduk

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Ra Heeduk

Ra Heeduk is a poet and professor from South Korea. She received her PhD in Korean Language and Literature from Yonsei University in 2006. She has authored five books of poetry, most recently 사라진 손바닥 [A Disappeared Palm] (2004); one collection of essays, 반 통의 물 [A Water Bucket Filled By Half] (1999); and a volume of literary criticism, 보랏빛은 어디에서 오는가 [Where Does the Purple Come From] (2003). Among her awards is an I-San Prize for Literature (2004). She currently teaches literature at Chosun University in Kwangju.

Articles by Ra Heeduk

Underground Flower
By Ra Heeduk
There is an orchid that only blooms underground.
Translated from Korean by Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill
Cutting off a Finger
By Ra Heeduk
My mother's finger was cut off / by a slamming door.
Translated from Korean by Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill
How Far Does the Light
By Ra Heeduk
That pomegranate lives the same life,
Translated from Korean by Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill
Scale and Stairs
By Ra Heeduk
The child reflected in the black sheen of the piano
Translated from Korean by Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill
Crying over Light Green
By Ra Heeduk
No, the word “green” is hardly adequate.
Translated from Korean by Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill