[EAI 10th Anniversary] Poet Kim Ji-ha Special Lecture

YouTube Link: video.eai.or.kr/120405_eai10live.flv

To commemorate its 10th anniversary, EAI is hosting a series of public lectures inviting wise figures of our time. The first lecture was held on April 5th at the Seoul Museum of History with poet Kim Ji-ha, on the theme of "A Few Words of Advice for 2012."

Poet Kim Ji-ha

"I read Mr. Ji-ha's poetry while trembling." (Professor Hwang Hyun-san, Korea University)

His birth name is Kim Young-il (金英一), and his pen name is Nokyeom (勞謙). He is currently a distinguished professor at Wonkwang University, and is both a poet and a life movement activist. After receiving his bachelor's degree in Aesthetics from Seoul National University in 1966, he became a writer whose path was fraught with hardship, including evasion, wandering, imprisonment, and torture, as he stood at the center of the resistance movement against the Yushin dictatorship and symbolized national literature in the 1970s. His major works include 《Hwangto》, 《With a Burning Thirst》, 《Gazing at the Star Field》, 《Rain Clouds on a Dry Day》, 《Bap》, 《Southern Land Boat Song》, 《Salim》, 《Ongchigyeok》, 《Donghak Story》, 《Life》, 《Great Snow Nam》, 《Premonition》, and 《Dancing Goblin》.