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About Choi Dong-ho
- Choi Dong-ho (Korean: ???; born 26 August 1948) is a South Korean poet, critic, and professor.
- He studied Korean literature at Korea University at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
- He taught Korean literature until his retirement at Korea University, where he is professor emeritus.
- He published his first poetry collection in 1976, and debuted as a critic when his critical essay won the Joongang Ilbo New Writer’s Contest in 1979.
- He has written a number of monographs on the spirit of poetry, Eastern poetics, and geukseojeongsi ("extreme lyric poetry"), a term he coined to describe short, easy to understand, and highly evocative poetry.
- He won the Park Dujin Literary Award in 2009 and the Yushim Award in 2013.
- Currently, he serves as the president of the Society of Korean Poets and Sisarang Arts and Culture Association.
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