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Members of Literature Division Go
김우창

Kim U-chang

Division
Literature
Specialty
Criticism
Place of birth
Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do
Elected in
2006

Prizes and Awards

  • 1981 Seoul Art and Culture Award
  • 1994 Daesan Literary Award
  • 1997 Kumho Academic Award
  • 1998 Korea University Academic Award
  • 2000 Writer's Award, Korea Baeksang Publishing Literary Award
  • 2003 Green Stripes Order of Service Merit
  • 2005 Inchon Award

Major works and Art activities

  • 1966 Korean poetry and metaphors (monthly "Generation")
  • 1976 The poet in times of need
  • 1983 Scale of the earth
  • 1992 Quest of aesthetic reason
  • 1993 The Gem of the Poet
  • 1993 Toward a Rational Society
  • 1993 The path without law
  • 2000 The world of politics and life
  • 2003 Landscape and village
  • 2005 Standing in the flow of time