Huh Young-ja

Huh Young-ja
Born (1938-08-31) August 31, 1938
Hamyang, South Korea
Language Korean
Nationality South Korean
Citizenship South Korean
Korean name
Hangul 영자
Hanja
Revised Romanization Heo Yeongja
McCune–Reischauer Hŏ Yŏngcha

Huh Young-ja is a Korean female poet. She was born in Hamyang, South Gyeongsang Province. [1] She graduated from Gyeonggi Girls' High School and Sookmyung Women's University. She served as a secondary school teacher at Gyeseong Girls' High School. And she served as a professor of Sookmyung Women's University and Sungshin Women's University. She served as the chairman of the Society of Korean Poets and the Korean Women's Literature Association.[2]

Works in Korean

  • Quiet sadness (1990)

Awards

  • The 4th Korean Poets Association Award (1972)
  • The 20th Woltan Literary Prize (1985)
  • The 3rd National Literary Prize Award (1998)
  • Okgwan Cultural Medal (2015)[3]

See also

References

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