Park Jeong-de was born in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do. He studied Korean Literature at Korea University, and made his debut in 1990 in the Monthly Literature & Thought with six poems including “The Aesthetics of Candlelight.” He has published the poetry collections Fragments; In the Gyeong-eyolbiyeol-do of My Youth, Snow Still Falls like Music; Amur Guitar; The Street of All Possibilities, A Job Called Life, and Viva Che Guevara!. He won the 22nd Daesan Literary Award in 2014 for his poetry collection Viva Che Guevara!, the 14th Kim Daljin Literary Award for “Playing the Morin Khuur at Night,” and the 19th Sowol Poetry Award for “By the Amur River.” He is a member of the No Sugar Added Cigarette Club and the International Poetry Radical Barbarian Band.
