![]() The poem stems from Na’s 2019 poem collection The Heart Is Drawn To You (음이 살짝 기운다 나태주 신작 시집). This is the poem that Eun-ho reads to his adopted father, writer Kang Byung-joon (Lee Ho-jae) at his Gapyeong residence in episode 10. ![]() In Romance Is A Bonus Book, two of Na’s poem books were key ones that Lee Jong-suk’s character, Cha Eun-ho, shared with the two most important people in his life. Understandably, this book has since sold out. But as time passed, Na’s poems began to be a source of comfort for Lee himself. ![]() Lee said in the same interview that when he read Na’s poem in the drama, he did so without much thought. “I don’t want the poem to be just an actor’s pictorials,” Lee stated in an interview when the book came out in 2017 and continues by saying: “I want people who are in love, who are hurt by break-ups, or who are lonely, to be comforted by the poem.” This is similar to his own relationship with Na’s poems. It contains 16 of Na’s poems - including “Wildflower” - and Lee’s comments on the poems. In 2016, Na and Lee collaborated together on the poem book Everything Is Your Fault (모두가 네 탓), published together by YG Entertainment in 2017. Lee Jong-suk first came across Na’s poems when he recited two lines out of ‘Wildflower’ (sometimes also translated as ‘Grass Flower’), one of the poet’s most well-known poems that also features in South Korean textbooks, as a farewell to his classmate that is forced to transfer schools in episode 2 of the drama School 2013. Here’s something interesting that connects the lead actor of RIABB even more deeply with Na himself. Na has won multiple literature prizes over the years, among them the 13th Kim Sang-soo Literary Prize in 2017 (2017년 제13회 김삿갓문학상), the 24th Prize for Literary in 2016 (2016년 제24회 공초문학상), the 41st Korean Poet Society Awards in 2009 (2009년-제 41회 한국시인협회상), the Chungcheongnam-do Culture Award in 2007 (2007년-충청남도문화상), the Park Yong-rae Literary Award (박용래문학상) in 2000 or The 3rd Literary Prize in 1979 (1979년-제 3회 흙의문학상) as well as the Order of Service Merit (황조근정훈장). ![]() However, to my knowledge, none of his books have been translated into English so far. 1-4), written in 20, appears to be one of his most important works as some volumes have been re-edited at least twice. With at least 125 books published to date - with six in 2018 and another seven in 2017– Na evidently takes this service very much to heart. The poet, who refers to himself as a ‘preliminary poet’ (예비 시인), describes poets as “emotional service men who ease the world’s pain and depression”, in an interview (in Korean) with Lee Yoon-jung. He started his writing career in 1971 when working as an elementary school teacher a profession that he never gave up and continued for 43 years. 1945) is one of the most prolific and renowned contemporary South Korean poets of the 21st century. ![]()
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