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Awards

  • Kim Suyeong Literary Award (1997)

  • Sowol Poetry Award (2000)

  • Contemporary Poetry Award (2000)

  • Korea Culture and Arts Foundation 'This Year's' Art Prize (2004)

  • Midang Literature Award (2006)

  • Daesan Literature Award (2008)

  • Lucien Stryk Translation Prize (2012, Don Mee Choi's translation)

  • Lee Hyoung-Gi Literary Award (2019)

  • Korea Culture & Art Prize (2019)

  • Lucien Stryk Translation Prize (2019, Don Mee Choi's translation)

  • Griffin Poetry Prize (2019)

  • Cikada Prize (2021, Sweden)

  • Ho-Am Prize in the Arts (2022)

  • U.K. Royal Society of Literature International writer (2022)

  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (2023)

  • The Gulf Coast Prize in Translation (2024, Cindy Juyoung Ok's translation)

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