Evening Will Come: Bio
image of Kim Hyesoon

Kim Hyesoon is one of the most prominent poets of South Korea. She lives in Seoul and teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Translations of Kim’s work are in: When the Plug Gets Unplugged (Tinfish, 2005), Anxiety of Words (Zephyr, 2006), and Mommy Must Be a Fountain of Feathers (Action Books, 2008), All the Garbage of the World, Unite! (Action Books, 2011), and Princess Abandoned (Tinfish, 2012). Her most recent poetry in translation is Sorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream (Action Books, 2014) and I'm OK, I'm Pig! (Bloodaxe Books, 2014).