Echoing Song: Contemporary Korean Women Poets

Editor: Peter H Lee
Author: Choi Seung-ja, Chong Hwa-jin, Chun Yang-hee, Huh Sukyung, Hwang Insuk, Kang Eun-gyo, Kim Chongnam, Kim Hyesoon, Kim Seung-hee, Ko Chonghui, Lee Kyunglim, Moon Chung-hee, No Hyangnim, No Hyegyong, Park Seo-won, Ra Heeduk, Yi Chin-myong, Yi Hyangji, Yi Sanghui, Yi Yeon-ju
Translated by: Peter H Lee
Publisher: White Pine Press, 2006
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From the publisher’s website:

Echoing Song presents the work of 20 contemporary Korean women poets active from the 1970s to the present. Each poet is represented with 10 to 15 poems reflecting the range of their poetic development. This anthology demonstrates the originality and variety of modern Korean women’s poetry.

The poets include Yi Hyangji, No Hyangnim, Ch’on Yanghui, Kang Ungyo, Mun Chonghui, Yi Kyongnim, Ko Chonghui, Ch’oe Sungja, Kim Sunghui, Kim Chongnam, Yi Chinmyong, Kim Hyesun, No Hyegyong, Hwang Insuk, Chong Hwajin, Yi Yonju, Yi Sanghui, Pak Sowon, Ho Sugyong and Na Huidok.

Peter Lee is a professor of Korean studies at ULCA and has translated over 20 books.

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