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Kim Ki-taek Poet South Korea
Kim Ki-taek was born in Anyang in 1957 and made his literary debut in 1989. His major works include Fetal Sleep (1991), Storm in the Eye of a Needle (1994), Administrative Staff (1999), Ox (2005), and Gum (2009). He won various literary prizes with the poetry books such as Kim Sooyoung Literary Award (1995), Hyundae Literary Award (2000), and also published a few children’s books. His poetry features anatomical observation and penetrating imagination and microscopic description. As documents of violence and wound inscribed in the body, his poems are highly appreciated by critics as hard-edged realism charged with the objective validity.
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