Mina Cho (; born July 1960) is a South Korean poet, critic, lecturer, and teacher. Mina Cho was born in Seoul in July 1960. She earned Ph.D. in English Literature from

Chungnam National University Chungnam National University (CNU; ) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities located in Daejeon, South Korea. History Chungnam National University was founded in 1952. Its motto is "Creativity, Development, and Service to the com ...

in February 1995. Her doctoral dissertation is ''A Study of Christian Gnosticism in W. B. Yeats's Poetry: Based on the Goddess Imagery''. She was a lecturer in various

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such as Chung-nam National University, Tae-jon University, Paejae University and Hong-ik University. She has researched

William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th century in literature, 20th-century literature. He was ...

's poetry and joined conferences. Mina has been a Korean poet since 1985 by Korean poetry journal company, Simunhaksa in Seoul, S. Korea. She has published four books of poetry into Korean: ''The Rite of Wind'' (1988), ''Searching for the Tree of Life'' (1995), ''The Silence of Love'' (2001), ''A Love like A Flowing River'' (2010). She continues to write and publish. She published her first book of literary criticism, ''The Explanation of W. B. Yeats's Poetry'' (2009).
translated by Mina Cho, at booktrade.or.ko She also translated her first book of literary criticism based on W.B. Yeats's Poetry into Korean. (2012) by Idambooks publication. She also works as a critic and translator in South Korea. She has some books which were translated English into Korean such as ''The Confessions of Jacob Boehme'' (2009) and ''The Selected Plays of W. B. Yeats''.(2009), ''Youth and the Secret Sharer'' (2010), and ''Nostromo'' (2012) by Joseph Conrad. A member of the Korean Literary Association, the Hundae Literary Association, Hosoe Literary Writers' Association, the Yeats Society of Korea, the Korean Society of Literature and Religion, the English Language and Literature Association of Korea, and the International P.E.N. Korea Centre.

Original works

* * * * *''The Explanation of W. B. Yeats's Poetry'' (2009) *

Translations

* * * *''Literary criticism based on W.B. Yeats'' (2012) *

References

External links

The Yeats Society in SligoThe WB Yeats Society of NYThe Yeats Society of Korea
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cho, Mina 1960 births Living people South Korean writers Chungnam National University alumni South Korean women poets 20th-century South Korean poets Academic staff of Hongik University Writers from Seoul