Cheon Sang-byeong explained

Birth Name:Cheon Sang-byeong
Birth Date:January 29, 1930
Birth Place:Japan
Language:Korean
Nationality:South Korean
Citizenship:South Korean
Alma Mater:Seoul National University
Korean name
Hangul:천상병
Hanja:千祥炳
Rr:Cheon Sang-byeong
Mr:Ch'ŏn Sang-pyŏng

Cheon Sang-byeong (; January 29, 1930  - April 28, 1993) was a South Korean writer.[1]

Life

Cheon Sang-byeong was born in the Empire of Japan on January 29, 1930. He immigrated to Masan, Korea in 1945, after Korea was liberated from Japan.[2] It was then that the 15-year-old Cheon began writing poems in the language of his ancestry. He published his first poem "River Water" while still in school.[3] Cheon went to Seoul National University for a short period.[4] In 1967 he was implicated in the and jailed for six months during which he was tortured.[5] This experience scarred Cheon who became impotent and alcoholic. Found unconscious on the street Cheon was institutionalized and his friends, believing him to be dead, published a posthumous book of his poetry.[6]

Cheon, however recovered and began a prolific career.

Work

Cheon's poetry was written in a condensed style, and explored themes of existentialism. His most famous poem “Return to Heaven” (Gwicheon), speaks of a man's encounter with the afterlife and his journey from life to death, as a passing from one world to another: "I am returning to heaven, the day on which my sojourn to this beautiful world ends. Go and say it was beautiful".[7]

Works in translation

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Works in Korean (Partial)

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External links

Notes and References

  1. "천상병" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Web site: Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute . 2013-09-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do . 2013-09-21 .
  2. "Cheon Sang-byeong" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Web site: Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute . 2013-09-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do . 2013-09-21 .
  3. Book: Korean Writers The Poets . Minumsa Press. Cheon Sang-byeong . 2005 . 116–17.
  4. Book: Korean Poetry Today 450 Poems Since the 1920s. CHon Sangbyong. 1248–9–15. Jaihiun J. Kim . Hanshin . Seoul. 1987. B000BNC2DE.
  5. Book: Korean Writers The Poets . Minumsa Press. Cheon Sang-byeong . 2005 . 116–17.
  6. Book: Korean Writers The Poets . Minumsa Press. Cheon Sang-byeong . 2005 . 116–17.
  7. "Cheon Sang-byeong" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Web site: Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute . 2013-09-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do . 2013-09-21 .
  8. "Cheon Sang-byeong" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: Web site: Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute . 2013-09-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do . 2013-09-21 .
  9. Book: Korean Writers The Poets . Minumsa Press. Cheon Sang-byeong . 2005 . 116–17.

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