Strong Winds at Mishi Pass

Tong-Gyu Hwang was born in Seoul, Korea in 1938 and currently is a professor of English at Seoul National University. He is the author of more than ten collections of poetry. He has participated in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and been a visiting scholar at New York University.

"Hwang uniquely combines bold contemporary images and traditional Oriental spareness to reveal the integrity of a world where nature and human beings must rely on each other in the face of all that would strip away meaning and dignity." -- Grace Loving Gibson.