Sung Chan-gyeong

Sung Chan-gyeong (Hangul: 성찬경) was a modern South Korean poet.
Life.
Sung Chan-gyeong was born on March 1, 19430 in Yesan Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. He attended Seoul National University where he earned a B.A. in English. He worked as a member of the 1960s literary club Sahwajip (along with Park Huijin, Park Jaesam, Park Seongryong, Lee Seonggyo, Lee Changdae and Kang Wiseok) and the poetry reading club, Kionggan. Sung worked as a Professor of English at Sungkyunkwan University.
Sung died on February 26, 2013.
Work.
Sung debuted with the poem “Miyeol” in Arts and Literature (Munhak yesul) magazine in 1956, going on to publish "Amudo nareul”, "Monologue of Da Vinci" (Davinchiui dokbaek) and "Midwife Grandmother" (Samsin Halmeoni). Sung's first collection of poetry was titled A Fugue for Burning (Hwahyeong dunjugok, 1966) and since that publication Sung has also published Ode to Insects (Beollesorisong, 1970), Song for Time (Siganeum, 1982), The Eyes of the Soul and the Eyes of the Body (Yeonghonui Nun Yukcheui Nun, 1986), The Enchanted Green (Hwangholhan Cholokbitt, 1989) and A Tribute to the Pine Tree (Sonamureul Girim, 1991).
The Korea Literature Translation Institute sums up Sung's poetry:
Perhaps Sung's best-known work in Korean is a series of poems entitled The Screw Bolt, in which he tried to find nature in the artifacts of civilization.
Works in Korean (Partial).
Poetry Collections