Song Seung Eon, born in 1986 in Wonju, Gangwon Province, studied creative writing at Chung-Ang University and debuted as a poet in 2011 in the prestigious South Korean literary monthly Hyundae Munhak (Contemporary Literature). Song is the author of four collections of poetry and prose, including Occupational Front (Spring Days Books, 2022), Love and Education (Minumsa, 2019), and Iron and Oak (Moonji Books, 2015), and won the Park In-hwan Literary Award in 2016. He is a member of the poetry collective jaknan.
Translation Folio
Winter 2025
Head Collector
The Kenyon Review · “Head Collector” by Song Seung Eon (trans. Stine An) What is your occupation?— I’m a head collector. A head collector. What kind of work does someone like […]