Azaleas: A Book of Poems

Kim Sowol; Translated by David R. McCann

Paper, 216 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13973-1
$19.50 / £11.50

March, 2007
Cloth, 216 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13972-4
$59.50 / £35.00

"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Korea and Poetry." — Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing

"“McCann’s translation gives more details... than have ever been available in English.” --Korean Quarterly" — Anne Holzman, Korean Quarterly

"David R. McCann's translation is sensitive and well rendered. This work is in a class above and unto its own." — Francisca Cho, Georgetown University, and translator of Everything Yearned For: Manhae's Poetry of Love and Longing

Related Subjects

• Asian Literature
• Poetry

Series

• Weatherhead Books on Asia

About the Author

David R. McCann is Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature at Harvard University. He has translated the work of many Korean poets—including Kim Chi Ha, So Chongju, Ko Un, and Kim Namjo-and is the author or editor of many books, including The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry and The Way I Wait for You, a collection of his own poems.

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