Moon Deoksu


Moon Deoksu was a South Korean poet.

Life

Moon Deoksu was born December 8, 1928 in Haman South Gyeongsang Province, Korea. Moon graduated from Hongik University, attended Tsukuba University, and graduate school at Korea University, resulting in a Ph.D. in Literature. He worked for the Magazine, Shidan and served in many organizations including as President of the Poetry Second of the Korean LIterature Association; President of the Modern Poet's Association; Vice Director of the Korean Literature Association; Director, Vice President, and President of the Korean branch of P.E.N.; Representative of the Korean Committee for the International Poets' Union, and as President of the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation. Moon also taught at Jeju and Hongik University, and served as a Dean of the College of Education at the latter.

Work

Moon's pen names are Simsan and Cheongtae. Recommended by Yoo Chihwan, he made his literary debut in 1955 with his “Silence”, “Foil” and “In the Wind” published in Contemporary Literature.
The Literature Translation Institute of Korea describes his work

Works in translation

Poetry collections
Criticism and theory