Tiger Swallowtail (A collection of new poems by Hwang Gyu-gwan)

황규관

HwangGyu-gwan
BorninJeonju,SouthKorea,in1968,HwangGyu-gwanbeganhisliterarycareerbywinningthe1993JeonTae-ilLiteraryAward.
Hispublicationsincludepoetrycollections,suchasCheolsandongPostOffice,WaterGoesItsWay,DefeatIsMyStrength,WaitingforaTyphoon,MiddayIsApproaching,andLet’sLetThisBusGo;essaycollections,includingLivinginaWorldThat
HasAbandonedRivers;KimSu-yeong,theRealist;andOurTimeThatCallsforLiterature.Heistherecipientofthe2020BaekseokPrizeforLiterature.

MyLoneliestHighPlace
Rain.Is.Shattered.
Let’sSettheForestsFree
Spring
Let’sWritePoems
Swallows
StandingattheHorizon
ATyphoon’sLesson
ATimeofaPrecipice
SpringSnow
Shadows
DaytimeMoon
Cremation
ThereIsNothingButFlowers
TheRoadNotTaken
TheTrueIdentityofWaves
Again
TigerSwallowtail
TowardtheDirectionofDaybreak
Resurrection
APickaxeandaDonkey
HalfMoon
Snowstorm
WinterValley

Poet’sNote
ThePoet’sEssay
Commentary
WhatTheySayAboutHwanggyu-gwan

작고,어두운곳을향해
황규관신작시집『호랑나비』

한국어와영어로동시에만나는K-포엣20번째시집으로황규관의『호랑나비』가출간되었다.1993년전태일문학상을수상하며작품활동을시작하여『철산동우체국』『물은제길을간다』『패배는나의힘』『태풍을기다리는시간』『정오가온다』『이번차는그냥보내자』등의시집을펴냈다.현실세계에서벗어나지않은곳에서시적인울림을만들어내는시인의역량이이번시집에서도드러난다.특히이번시집『호랑나비』에는부서진세계를살아가는우리의영혼을어떻게가꾸고보존해나갈것인지를고민하는시인의목소리가실려있다.

Itseemsthatthosewaves
Aresomehowraisedupbybillionsoflives.
Theyseemlikeoutstretchedhands,
Invitingeventhesunlighttoadancealongwiththem.
-「TheTrueIdentityofWaves」부분

Ifinallydecidedtoleave.
SinceIcouldnolongerseethehalfmoon,
Becausetheworldhadbecometoobright,
Ilivedwithoutrememberingthehalfmoonforalongtime,
Butthemoon,asiftotellmeithadneverforgottenme,
Isilluminatingmyindigentmemory.
Althoughitwillleavetomorrownight,faraway,
Ittellsmethatitwillcomebacksomeday,
Andbecomethehalfofmysoul;
ThatIhavetowait.
-「HalfMoon」부분

Idon’tknowwhetheritislightorshade
That’sstreamingdownfromyoureyes.
Itseemsthatwewillarriveattheunknown,
Onlyafterwehavelivedthroughallthelowandmiserablemoments.
-「Snowstorm」부분

어쩔수없이육체는점차낡아가지만그럼에도영혼은낡지않도록부단히애쓸수있다.그에게시쓰기는그런실천중하나인지도모른다.그러한실천은다시육체를돌아보는데에도도움이된다.부서진세계를도저히견뎌낼수있을것같지않은작은것들에게서번쩍이며생동하는힘을발견하는것도시인의일이다.그작은힘들을계속하여재발견하면서그의시는더욱깊어지고독자의마음속에도작은파문을일으킨다.“어떻게하면시가현실세계를바꿀수있을까”를탐구하는시인의에세이도만나볼수있다.

〈바이링궐에디션한국대표소설〉과〈K-픽션〉시리즈를잇는
해외진출세계문학시리즈,〈K-포엣〉

아시아출판사는2012년에기획부터출간까지7년이넘는시간을들인근현대대표작가총망라한최초의한영대역선집〈바이링궐에디션한국대표소설〉과2014년에한국을대표하는젊은작가들의생생한목소리를담은〈K-픽션〉시리즈를출간하며한국문학계에새로운바람을불어넣었다.2019년에도새로운도전을이어간다.유일무이한영대역시선집시리즈인〈K-포엣〉이그것이다.

안도현,백석,허수경을시작으로한국을대표하는시인의시편을모아영문으로도번역하여출간하고있다.영문시집은해외온라인서점등에서도판매되며한국시에관심을갖는해외독자들의마음도사로잡을예정이다.