The Poet of Wildflowers: Na Tae-joo
Na Tae-joo, the Poet of Wildflowers
To see clearly is to find beauty.
To look for a long time is to find love.
You are the same.
Recently, I attended a special event featuring poet Na Tae-joo, who shared insights on the wisdom of life through poetry!
Na Tae-joo
Birth: March 16, 1945, Seocho, Chungcheongnam-do
Debut: 1971, debuting with the poem 'Under the Bamboo Grove' in the Seoul Newspaper's Spring Literary Contest
Awards: 2023, 9th Yoon Dong-ju Literary Award; 2023, 2nd Kim Kwan-sik Literary Award; 2021, 58th Korean Literature Award
Career: 2020.04 - 2022.03, 43rd President of the Korean Poet Association; 2010.07 - 2017.06, Director of Gongju Cultural Center
Literature is the process of expressing the hidden secrets, honest confessions, and heartfelt emotions of others through the medium of writing.
Literature confronts the joys and sorrows, pains, and grief inherent in human emotions and artistically engages with them.
During the event, I had the opportunity to share a moment of poetry with Na Tae-joo's wife. The warmth of their long years together was palpable and beautiful.
After the lecture, we took a commemorative photo with poet Na Tae-joo.
Many attendees who love and cherish Na Tae-joo's poetry were present. Over 80 participants listened intently to his lecture. One attendee even shared a poem and asked a question.
Life is about acknowledging each other's shortcomings and limitations as they are and living with comfort and support.
This was the encounter with poet Na Tae-joo at the Geochang Shin Dal-ja Literary Museum.
Come visit the Geochang Shin Dal-ja Literary Museum!
Source :https://blog.naver.com/geochanggun/224381085200
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