Koreas modern poetry is filled with many different voices and styles subjectsand views moves and countermoves yet it still remains relatively unknownoutside of ... » 

Koreas modern poetry is filled with many different voices and styles subjectsand views moves and countermoves yet it still remains relatively unknownoutside of Korea itself. This is in part because the Korean language a richmedium for poetry has been ranked among the most difficult for Englishspeakers to learn. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry is the onlyuptodate representative gathering of Korean poetry from the twentieth centuryin English far more generous in its selection and material than previousanthologies. It presents 228 poems by 34 modern Korean poets includingrenowned poets such as So Chongju and Kim Chiha. «