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In this Korean name, the family name is Jeong.
Jeong Kkeutbyeol
Born1964
Naju, South Jeolla Province
OccupationPoet, Essayist
LanguageKorean
NationalitySouth Korean
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Alma materEwha Womans University
Korean name
Hangul
정끝별
Hanja
鄭끝별
Revised RomanizationJeong Kkeutbyeol
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Kkŭt-pyŏl

Jeong Kkeutbyeol (Korean: 정끝별;[1] born 1964) is a South Korean poet, literary critic, and professor.[2] She studied Korean literature at Ewha Womans University and graduated with a Master's degree. Along with numerous volumes of poetry, Jeong has published several collections of critical essays, including The Poetics of Parody (패러디 시학, 1997)[3] and The Language of Poetry Has a Thousand Tongues (천 개의 혀를 가진 시의 언어, 1999).[4]

Life

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Jeong Kkeutbyeol was born in Naju, South Jeolla Province, South Korea in 1964. In 1983 she graduated from Myeongji Girls' High School and enrolled in Ewha Womans University, graduating with a degree in Korean Language and Literature in 1987, then going on to earn her Master's and Doctorate degrees from the same university in 1989 and 1994, respectively.[5]

Since 2002 Jeong Kkeutbyeol has variously served as a researcher at the Society of Ewha Korean Language and Literature, an adjunct professor in the Creative Writing department of Chugye University for the Arts, an honorary professor at the Korean Language and Literature department at her alma mater, and an assistant professor in the Practical Language and Literature department of Open Cyber University. In 2004 she was awarded the Yushim Award by the Society for the Promotion and Practice of Manhae's Thoughts. She won the Sowol Poetry Prize in 2008 for her poem "Vast Sleep" (크나큰 잠).[6]

In 2014 Jeong was appointed as a professor of Korean language and literature at both Ewha Womans University and Myongji University, where she currently works.[7][8] She also participated in the 2015 East Asia Literature Forum.[9]

Writing

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Jeong Kkeutbyeol's literary debut was in 1988, when her poem "Sea of Calais" (칼레의 바다) was selected for publication in the literary journal Monthly Literature and Thought.[10][11] A year later, in 1989, her critical essay "A Cold Parodist's Despair and Inquiry" (서늘한 패로디스트의 절망과 모색) won The Dong-A Ilbo New Writer's Contest.[12][13]

Her first collection of poetry, My Life, a Birch Tree (자작나무 내 인생, 1996) was highly regarded by critics and fellow writers alike.[14][15] Jeong's other poetry collections include White Book (흰책, 2000),[16][17] 180 Thousand Years and the Color Peach (삼천갑자 복사빛, 2005), Bursting (와락, 2008), and Subject Markers, Topic Markers (은는이가, 2014). She has also published several collections of critical and literary essays, most notably The Poetics of Parody (패러디 시학, 1997), which systematically discusses theories on parody, analyzing them in the context of contemporary Korean poetry.[18] Another of her essay collections, The Language of Poetry Has a Thousand Tongues (천 개의 혀를 가진 시의 언어, 1999), provides an open-minded approach to literary criticism, focusing on the infinite linguistic possibilities of poetry.[19]

Jeong's poems are known for their rich imagery and use of language,[20] particularly in regards to their descriptions of nature, their linguistic creativity, and their use of poetic devices.[21][22] Jeong's poetry typically explores the linguistic details of the Korean language, such as in her collection Subject Markers, Topic Markers (은는이가, 2014), whose title refers to the main four nominative case markers in Korean.

Works

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Works in Korean

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Poetry collections

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  • My Life, a Birch Tree (자작나무 내 인생, 1996)
  • White Book (흰책, 2000)[23][24]
  • 180 Thousand Years and the Color Peach (삼천갑자복사빛, 2005)
  • Bursting (와락, 2008)
  • Subject Markers, Topic Markers (은는이가, 2014)

Research and critical essays

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  • The Poetics of Parody (패러디 시학, 1997)
  • The Language of Poetry Has a Thousand Tongues (천 개의 혀를 가진 시의 언어, 1999)
  • The Poetics of Pi (파이의 시학, 2010)

Works in translation

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Further reading

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  • "Jeong Kkeutbyeol Refutes Hong Jeongseon, Claims She Was Quoted Out of Context" (June 1998). 「정끝별씨, 홍정선씨 글 반박-자의적 글 인용 왜곡 불러」, 『한겨레』, 1998.6.13.
  • "Mornings with Poetry: From Jeong Kkeutbyeol's 'Love'" (August 2000). 「[시가 있는 아침] 정끝별 「사랑」 중」, 『중앙일보』, 2000.8.12.
  • "Mornings with Poetry: Jeong Kkeutbyeol's 'Fret and Fume'" (August 2001). 「[시가 있는 아침] 정끝별 「안달복달」」, 『중앙일보』, 2001.8.10.

References

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  1. ^ Because Jeong's personal name, "Kkeutbyeol", is formed from native Korean words, the name does not have associated hanja. Thus, the hanja spelling of Jeong's full name would be 鄭끝별.
  2. ^ 정끝별 시 50편 모음
  3. ^ "Hot Release: The Poetics of Parody by Jeong Kkeutbyeol" (July 1997). 「패러디 시학/정끝별 지음[화제의 책]」, 『국민일보』, 1997.7.8.
  4. ^ 정끝별 (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  5. ^ "Jung Kkeutbyeol(정끝별)". ltikorea.or.kr. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  6. ^ 작가&작품-정끝별. www.kyobobook.co.kr/. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  7. ^ 정끝별(鄭끝별) 교수 - 국어국문학과/호크마교양대학. ewha.ac.kr. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  8. ^ 정끝별 :: 네이버 인물검색. people.search.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  9. ^ 무기연기 '중한일 동아시아문학포럼' 5년만에 다시 개최. 뉴스1 (in Korean). 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  10. ^ "Jeong Kkeutbyeol's Featured Essay on 'Destroying Genre...' in the September Issue of Monthly Literature and Thought" (September 1997). 「정끝별씨, 「문학사상」 9월호서 「장르해체···」 특집 비평」, 『국민일보』, 1997.9.12.
  11. ^ Yi Sangseuk. "Young Poets Pursuing the Privacy of Existence: Na Huideok, Heo Hyejeong, Jeong Kkeutbyeol, Kim Suyeong, Yi Sunyeong" (September 1996). 이상숙, 「존재의 내밀함을 추구하는 젊은 시인들-나희덕 허혜정 정끝별 김수영 이선영을 중심으로」, 『현대시』, 1996.9.
  12. ^ "Jeong Kkeutbyeol's Poetry Collection, White Book" (August 1999). 「정끝별 시집 『흰책』」, 『한겨레』, 1999.8.19.
  13. ^ "Poets Earning Doctorates One After Another: Yi Seungha, Jeong Kkeutbyeol, Maeng Munjae Say They're 'Honored'" (July 1997). 「시인들 박사학위 줄이어/이승하·정끝별씨···맹문재씨도 "영광"」, 『대한매일』, 1997.7.8.
  14. ^ "Jeong Kkeutbyeol's First Poetry Collection, My Life, a Birch Tree, Published" (February 1996). 「첫 시집 『자작나무 내 인생』 펴낸 정끝별씨(초대석)」, 『국민일보』, 1996.2.27.
  15. ^ Yi Hoejung. "Self-Portrait of a Forest: My Life, a Birch Tree by Jeong Kkeutbyeol" (July 1996). 이회중, 「숲을 그린 자화상-『자작나무 내 인생』 정끝별 저」, 『현대시학』, 1996.7.
  16. ^ Kim Yujung. "How To Contemplate the World: White Book by Jeong Kkeutbyeol" (October 2000). 김유중, 「세상을 사유하는 법-『흰책』 정끝별 저」, 『문학사상』, 2000.10.
  17. ^ "Jeong Kkeutbyeol's Second Poetry Collection, White Book" (June 2000). 「정끝별씨 두번째 시집 『흰책』」, 『조선일보』, 2000.6.10.
  18. ^ "Alumni Hwang Dogyeong's and Jeong Kkeutbyeol's Different 'Styles of Criticism'" (April 1999). 「선후배 황도경·정끝별-서로 다른 「비평 세계」」, 『한겨레』, 1999.4.27.
  19. ^ "'Jeong Kkeutbyeol' in Dictionary of Korean Women Writers, quoted in Naver Encyclopedia" (November 2006). [네이버 지식백과] 정끝별 (한국여성문인사전, 2006. 11. 28., 태학사)
  20. ^ 정끝별 (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  21. ^ 와락 (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  22. ^ 은는이가 (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  23. ^ "Jeong Kkeutbyeol's Second Poetry Collection Released: 'Poetry That Sounds Like a Song'" (June 2000). 「정끝별 두번째 시집 출간-노래처럼 들리는 시(詩)」, 『경향신문』, 2000.6.17.
  24. ^ "Jeong Kkeutbyeol's Second Poetry Collection, White Book, Released" (June 2000). 「정끝별 시인, 두번째 시집 『흰책』 출간」, 『세계일보』, 2000.6.21.
  25. ^ "Jung Kkeutbyeol".
  26. ^ "A Galaxy of Whale Poems".
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