CHOI Jung Lae (Jeongrye)

CHOI Jung Lae
  • Asia
  • Eastern Asia
  • South Korea
Korean

CHOI Jung Lae (Jeongrye) has published four books of poetry, most notably Tigers in the Sunlight, which received the Kimdaljin Literary Prize in 1999, and Red Dry Field, which won the Isu Literary Prize in 2003. She holds a PhD in Korean modern poetry from Korea University, where she has recently lectured. She has also served as a research professor at Jeonju University, located in Jeollabuk-do. She participates courtesy of the Korean Literature Translation Institute.

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