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Poetess Dr. Lee, Hye Seon graduated from the Korean language and literature department of Dongguk University and obtained a doctor of literature degree from Sejong University. She has taught at several universities including Dongguk University. She made her debut in 1981 through the monthly literature Magazine ‘Simunhak’. She writes poetry and literary criticism. She has won Korea Free Literature Prize, Modern Poet Prize, Dongguk Literary Prize, Korea Literary Critics Association Prize (in criticism).
She has published 3 books of poetry including One God, 3 collections of criticism including Metamorphosis of Literature and Dream and Famous Poems Promenade by Lee Hye Seon.
Her early literary trend was based on the sense of history. Rooted in Korea’s traditional emotions and the Buddhist spirit, her poetry demonstrates a strong sense of identity formed by the meeting of temporality and the sense of collective national awareness. Her more recent poetry celebrates cosmic perceptions and an awareness of the transcendental world, undifferentiated sympathy for universal existences including close neighbors, and a world of beautiful rainbows emanating from self-reflections
In the Forest Village
In the forest, trees gather together and live.
Under the big trees, small trees.
Under the small trees, charming little wildflowers.
Sprouting and stretching their stems, living together in harmony.
In the forest, trees gather together and live.
Big trees hold the hands of small trees.
Small trees lift the seated wildflowers.
Blooming and smiling, living together in harmony.
As soon as you enter the forest, the sunlight smiles.
The stream exposes its lower body and laughs too.
In the forest, laughter blooms each season.
In the forest, even tears bloom into flowers.
숲속 마을에는
숲속에는 나무들이 모여 산다
큰 나무 밑에는 작은 나무가
작은 나무 밑에는 귀염둥이 풀꽃이
싹 틔우고 줄기 뻗어 어울려 산다
숲속에는 나무들이 모여 산다
큰 나무 밑에는 작은 나무가
작은 나무 밑에는 귀염둥이 풀꽃이
싹 틔우고 줄기 뻗어 어울려 산다
숲속만 들어가면 햇살은 웃고
아랫도리 다 내놓고 여울물도 웃는다
숲속에선 철마다 웃음꽃 핀다
숲속에선 울음도 꽃으로 핀다
