Eom Won-tae

Eom Bung-hun (born 1955), known by his pen name Eom Won-tae, is a South Korean poet. While fighting against chronic renal failure for 25 years, Eom continued to write poetry that delivers his warm introspection on life and death. His poetic world started from the gaze into his own existential pain and has steadily expanded into the affirmation of the Other and insight into contemporary society.

Eom Won-tae

Eom Bung-hun (born 1955), known by his pen name Eom Won-tae, is a South Korean poet. While fighting against chronic renal failure for 25 years, Eom continued to write poetry that delivers his warm introspection on life and death. His poetic world started from the gaze into his own existential pain and has steadily expanded into the affirmation of the Other and insight into contemporary society.