Patterns

Patterns reveals Lee Si-young as a major figure in contemporary Korean poetry, collecting his works from 1976 to 2007.

Born in Gurye, South Jeolla Province, in 1949, Lee Si-young began publishing poetry in 1969, leading to his first volume Manweol (Full Moon) in 1976.

He served as vice-president of Changjak gwa bipyeong Publishing Company for many years. He was awarded the Jeong Ji-Yong Literary Prize in 1996, the Dongseo Literary Prize in 1998, the Modern Buddhist Literary Prize in 2004, the Jihun Prize in 2004, the Baekseok Literary Prize in 2005, and the Republic of Korea Award for Culture and the Arts in 2007. He is currently in charge of the International Creative Writing Center at Dankook University.

Translator Brother Anthony is a member of the Community of Taizé. Born in Britain in 1942, he has been living in Korea since 1980, teaching in the English Department of Sogang University (Seoul), where he is now an Emeritus Professor. He is also Chair-Professor at Dankook University.

Co-translator, Yoo Hui-Sok is a Professor in the English Department of Jeonnam University (Gwangju). He has published many studies of contemporary Korean literature, especially poetry.