Oh Sae-young, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Oh Sae-young

South Korean poet and university professor

Date of Birth: 02-May-1942

Place of Birth: Yeonggwang County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea

Profession: poet, university teacher, essayist

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Oh Sae-young (???, born May 2, 1942) is a South Korean poet, critic, and educator.
His early work consisted of deconstructive poetry, but currently he mostly writes lyric poetry with Eastern philosophy.
He served as a professor at the Seoul National University. His poetry collection, Night-Sky Checkerboard (???? ???), was published in the US and was selected as one of the twelve best poetry collections in the US for 2016 by the Chicago Review of Books.
He has been awarded the Korean Poets’ Association Prize, the Nokwon Literary Award, the Cheong Chi-Yong Literature Prize, the Pyun-Woon Literary Prize, the Gong Cho Literary Award, and the Manhae Literature Prize in Poetry.