Moon In-soo

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Moon In-soo (Korean: 문인수; 2 June 1945 – 7 June 2021) was a South Korean poet. He was born in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province. He studied Korean literature at Dongguk University but dropped out. He began his poetry career in 1985 with Neungsubeodeul (능수버들, A Weeping Willow), published in Shimsang. He published several poetry collections and won many awards, including the Daegu Literary Award (1996), Kim Daljin Literary Prize (2000), Nojak Literature Prize (2003), Poetry and Poetics Award (2006), Pyeon-un Literature Award (2007), Korea Catholic Literature Award for Poetry (2007), and the Midang Literary Award (2007). Ra Heeduk described his poetry as “an earnest prayer from the bottom, and a beautiful dedication to the air above.”