Moon Deoksu

South Korean poet

Moon Deoksu (Hangul: 문덕수), (December 8, 1928 – March 13, 2020) was an early-modern Korean poet.[1] He was born in Haman South Gyeongsang Province, Korea.[2] He was Dean of the College of Education at Jeju University.[3]

He was President of the Poetry Second of the Korean Literature Association; President of the Modern Poet's Association; Vice Director of the Korean Literature Association; Director, Vice President, and President of the Korean branch of P.E.N.

Awards

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  • Hyundai Munhak Literary Prize (1974)
  • Culture and Arts Prize of the Republic of Korea (1970)
  • Award of Korea Publishers School (1981)
  • Presidential Order of Merit for Education (1983)
  • P.E.N. Korea Literary Award (1985)

References

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  1. Moon Deoksu" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Naver Search". naver.com. Naver. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. Lee, Kyung-ho (1996). "Moon Dok-Su". Who's Who in Korean Literature. Seoul: Hollym. pp. 351–354. ISBN 1-56591-066-4.