Korea Haiku Poets & Guest Poets

<Positions and Professional Roles of Professor An Soo Hyun>
PhD in Literature
Literary Critic
Literary Translator
Korea Haiku Poet
Sijo Poet
Secretary-General, Korea Haiku Federation
Visiting Professor, Institute of International Maritime Affairs, Korea Maritime & Ocean University

<Affiliations>
Korea Haiku Federation
Institute of International Maritime Affairs, Korea Maritime & Ocean University


<Activities and Career by Year>
2011: Began international literary exchange activities with the United States, Europe, Asia, and other regions through Korea Haiku.
2016: Co-founded the Korea Haiku Federation with Professor Kim Soo Sung.
Since 2016: Has served as Secretary-General of the Korea Haiku Federation, promoting the creation, research, education, and international exchange of Korea Haiku.
2026: Appointed Visiting Professor at the Institute of International Maritime Affairs, Korea Maritime & Ocean University.
2026: Planned and organised the Korea Haiku World Youth Festival.
2026: Expanded international exchanges with haiku poets and scholars worldwide while promoting the global development and recognition of Korea Haiku.

<Major Books>
The Poetics of Fujiwara Teika Dreaming of Usin as a Lyric Poet of Yojo and Yoen 2016
Sijo Translation and Renaissance Languages of Conflict and Coexistence 2023
A Journey Through Time in Language(Classical Japanese Grammar Book) 2026

<Sijo Collection>
Toward the Artistic Restoration of Sijo Narrative 2025

<Collection of Literary Criticism>
Four Masters of Modern Korean Sijo 2025

<Haiku Collection>
Melodies of Two 2019

<Translations>
Flower Cliff 2016
Bronze Fish 2016
100 Selected Poems of Park Mok Wol Commemorating the Centenary of His Birth 2016
Winter Night 2018
Morning of Wild Grass 2019

<Coauthored and Research Books>
World Cultural Heritage Bringing History and Culture to Life 2022
Cultural Responses of Korea and Japan in the Age of Globalization 2024

<Editorial and Literary Activities>
Editor in Chief of 『SUMNORUGEE』 the official journal of the Korea Haiku Federation
Creative writing and literary criticism in Korea Haiku
Creative critical and interpretative work focusing on sijo and haiku
Former Chair of the Foreign Literature and Criticism Committee of the Busan Writers Association

<Association and Literary Organization Activities>
Co founded the Korea Haiku Federation with Professor Kim Soo Sung in 2016
Secretary General of the Korea Haiku Federation
Representative of the Korea Haiku Federation
Activities devoted to the creation research education archival development and international exchange of Korea Haiku
Planning and lecturing for the Korea Haiku Thursday Lecture Series
Literary exchange activities connecting haiku poets and scholars in Korea and abroad

<Translation Activities>
Japanese translation of modern Korean poetry and Sijo
Korean translation and interpretation of Japanese classical poetry and haiku
Literary translation connecting Korean and Japanese fixed verse traditions
Translation of 『Long Winter Night 100 Selected Classical Sijo』
Translation of 『100 Selected Poems of Park Mok Wol Commemorating the Centenary of His Birth』
Translation of 『Flower Cliff』
Translation of 『Bronze Fish』
Translation of 『Winter Night』
Translation of 『Morning of Wild Grass』
Translation of 『From Sijo to Haiku』
Korean translation of works by invited international poets for the Korea Haiku World Youth Festival

<International Literary Exchange>
International haiku exchange activities with the United States Europe and Asia since 2011
East Asian literary exchange through Korean sijo Japanese waka and haiku
Continuing exchanges with international haiku poets scholars and literary organizations
International exchange with The Haiku Foundation concerning the history of haiku in Korea and the development of Korea Haiku
Literary exchange with the British Haiku Society and other international haiku organizations and writers
Exchange with Japanese haiku poets scholars and members of the international haiku community
Planning and organization of the 2026 Korea Haiku World Youth Festival
Development of an international network of judges and invited poets
International literary exchange and educational activities introducing Korea Haiku to younger generations around the world

<Research Activities>
Research in classical Japanese literature
Research on Japanese waka and haiku
Research on Ancient Korean poetry and Sijo poetry
Comparative literary research on the traditional poetry of Korea and Japan
Research on the literary identity and distinctive aesthetics of Korea Haiku
Research on Korea Haiku based on the linguistic characteristics of the Korean language and Korean perceptions of nature and seasonality
Comparative study of the aesthetics and formal traditions of East Asian poetry with a focus on Sijo, Waka and Haiku
Research on the poetics of Fujiwara Teika and Usin
Research on literary translation and cultural interaction between Korea and Japan
Research in maritime humanities at the Institute of International Maritime Affairs of Korea Maritime and Ocean University
Participation in research on the humanistic foundations for the development of the Arctic Sea Route
Interdisciplinary research connecting maritime culture literature and cultural interaction

<Literary Debut and Awards>
Debuted as a literary critic through Sijo 21
Recipient of the New Writer Award in the Sijo category from Korean East West Literature
Recipient of a National Assembly Award for International Literary Exchange in Korea Haiku Literature