Jeong Ho-Seung
Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize
Seeking You by Jeong Ho-Seung, published in Korean in 2020, will be released in English translation by Trio House Press in 2025. Brother Anthony of Taize is the translator.
Jeong Ho-Seung is one of Korea's most popular and prolific poets; his poetry collections have been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Georgian, and Mongolian. Jeong’s accolades include the So-Wol Literary Prize, the Jeong Ji-young Literary Prize, the Pyeonun Literary Prize, the Catholic Literary Award, the Sanghwa Poetry Award, and the Gongcho Literary Prize.
Brother Anthony of Taize
An Sonjae
Brother Anthony began to translate modern Korean literature in 1988, and since then has published a wide variety of works from such classic Korean authors. In 1991 he won a Modern Korean Literature Translation Award from The Korea Times. In 1994, Brother Anthony became a naturalized Korean citizen, taking on the Korean name An Sonjae, Sonjae being the Korean form of Sudhana, the 'little pilgrim' of the Buddhist scripture The Gandavyuha Sutra.
From January 2011 to December 2020 he served as president of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch, tied for the longest term for an RAS Korea president. He was awarded the Korean government's Order of Cultural Merit, Jade Crown class, in October 2008 for his work in promoting knowledge of Korean literature in the world. He reached retirement age at the start of 2007 and is currently a professor emeritus of Sogang University and a chair-professor of Dankook University. In 2015 he received an MBE. He currently lives in Seoul.