Daesan Foundation, who supported and helped organize the special edition with Po&sie, will jointly organize four poetry reading events in France and Switzerland with Po&sie to commemorate the publication of the special edition.
It is the first time in 13 years the leading French journal has published a special edition on Korean poems.
“Po&sie-Coree” contains two sections: Korean poems and reviews. The poetry of 27 South Korean poets is introduced in the first section under the five themes of “freedom,” “struggle,” “life,” “change” and “encounter.”
The poetry reading events will be held at Chateau de Chambord, a royal palace in Loir-et-Cher, France on Saturday; the Latin American Cultural Center in Paris on June 4; Korean Cultural Center in Paris on June 5; and in Geneva, Switzerland on June 9.
Four South Korean poets-- Hwang Ji-woo, Kim Hye-soon, Kwak Hyo-hwan and Kang Jeong -- will attend the events along with critic Chung Gwa-ri and translator Choo Hyun-jin.
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