Hankook Ilbo
Also known as Hyeongdeok, the poet was born in Seoul on December 26, 1934. Her professional career has been in journalism; she served as a reporter then as editorial writer for various major newspapers. She left her studies at the Department of Home Economics at Seoul National University to hold posts as a reporter for The Hankook Ilbo, The Seoul Shinmun, and the cultural section of The Kyunghyang Shinmun. For a time she was head of the Korean Women's Development Institute and she is at present Vice-President of the Korean Center of International P.E.N.