{"product_id":"autobiography-of-death-9780811227346","title":"Autobiography of Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*Winner of The Griffin International Poetry Prize and the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Award*\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title section of Kim Hyesoon's powerful new book, \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of Death\u003c\/em\u003e, consists of forty-nine poems, each poem representing a single day during which the spirit roams after death before it enters the cycle of reincarnation. The poems not only give voice to those who met unjust deaths during Korea's violent contemporary history, but also unveil what Kim calls \"the structure of death, that we remain living in.\" \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of Death\u003c\/em\u003e, Kim's most compelling work to date, at once reenacts trauma and narrates our historical death--how we have died and how we survive within this cyclical structure. In this sea of mirrors, the plural \"you\" speaks as a body of multitudes that has been beaten, bombed, and buried many times over by history. The volume concludes on the other side of the mirror with \"Face of Rhythm,\" a poem about individual pain, illness, and meditation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHyesoon, Kim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKim Hyesoon\u003c\/strong\u003e, born in 1955, is one of the most prominent and influential contemporary poets of South Korea. She was the first woman poet to receive the prestigious Kim Su-yong and Midang awards, and has been translated into Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish. Her most recent books include \u003cem\u003eI'm OK, I'm Pig!\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePoor Love Machine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoi, Don Mee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Seoul, South Korea, \u003cstrong\u003eDon Mee Choi\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the National Book Award winning collection \u003cem\u003eDMZ Colony\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2020), \u003cem\u003eHardly War\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2016), \u003cem\u003eThe Morning News Is Exciting\u003c\/em\u003e (Action Books, 2010), and several chapbooks and pamphlets of poems and essays. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellowship, Whiting Award, Lannan Literary Fellowship, Lucien Stryk Translation Prize, and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship. She has translated several collections of Kim Hyesoon's poetry, including \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of Death\u003c\/em\u003e (New Directions, 2018), which received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626578317586,"sku":"9780811227346","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69808dce-667e-4931-9629-7b492e035381.jpg?v=1732661920","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/autobiography-of-death-9780811227346","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}